At the Franchi 1-1, Davide Astori honored in the Fiesole curve. Viola and Venetians do not take advantage of the opportunity
FLORENCE. In the end, the draw is the fairest result but both Fiorentina and Verona left the pitch with the awareness of having wasted a great opportunity. A 1-1 that is of little use to the Venetians who in any case took a point away from the Franks and extended the consecutive useful results to four and nothing for the Viola team who after two knockouts in a row, in the league at Sassuolo and Wednesday in the Italian Cup with Juventus, they needed a success to restart and relaunch themselves in the race for Europe. Piatek unlocked the match after just 10 ‘, Caprari responded on a penalty shortly after, in the first half Verona was better than doubling at least three times, Fiorentina in the most arduous and dangerous second half but, as usual, failed to realize what has been built while paying some choice of their coach.
In front of a Fiesole curve that paid homage to Davide Astori with a large sheet to reproduce his initials and his jersey number, 13, to the applause of both long-twinned supporters, Fiorentina and Verona confirmed each other as teams that are not boring. , have their own identity and know how to face the opponent on duty without too many awe: the Viola went first with Piatek, ready to retort on the net a rejected by the Venetians on a shot by Ikoné, for the Pole 6th goal in 9 games between the championship and the Italian Cup. The joy of Fiorentina, however, lasted only a few minutes: Verona, who entered the game much better, drew with Caprari from the spot, a penalty awarded for a clearly delayed intervention by Milenkovic on Lasagna. Terracciano was on the trajectory but it wasn’t enough. The Italian team without Bonaventura and Odriozola alternated by Maleh and Venuti, the author of the unfortunate own goal on Wednesday with Juve, encouraged by the fans with chants and a banner in Fiesole, was left to roll up their sleeves and try to break through again . Not easy though, Verona were well put on the field, capable with quick actions inspired by Tameze and teammates to reach the possible 2-1 before the interval with Simeone and twice with Lasagna (Terracciano ready).
While Fiorentina after Piatek’s goal went to rest without creating other dangers. For this Italian, already at the beginning of the second half, he changed 3/11 of the team, two forwards out of three, Ikoné and Saponara (for Callejon and Sottil) and a midfielder, Maleh (space for Duncan), a sign of a dissatisfied coach. The Viola seemed more lively and aggressive and within a few minutes they came close to scoring three times, always with Torreira. But the ball did not enter, so the viola technician, booked for protests (the direction of Manganiello was not very convincing), changed the attack again by removing Piatek and inserting not Cabral, the other center forward, but Gonzalez, a winger, thus closing without central tips. But the goal remained in the barrel and Verona closed the match without running any other risks.
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