Fiorentina draws 1-1 against Vitoria Guimaraes and directly qualifies for the round of 16 of the Conference League. Raffaele Palladino’s team drew in Portugal and finished third in the overall standings, avoiding the play-offs.
The Fiorentina draws with Vitoria Guimaraes but it qualifies for the round of 16 of the Conference League. The team of Raffaele Palladino scores 1-1 in Portugal and finishes third in the standings, avoiding the play-offs. The Gigliati finished on the podium in the general ranking, only behind Chelsea and Vitoria.
It wasn’t an easy match for the Violawho suffered a bit from Guimaraes’ offensive initiative in the first part and reacted vehemently in the second half, deserving the final point.
Mandragora responds to Gustavo: Viola is in the round of 16
The Portuguese took the lead with a goal of Gustavo Silvawho pushed Kaio Cesar’s cross into the net. The lilies were unable to be dangerous in attack
Because today only Fiorentina is playing in the Conference and there are no Europa League matches
In the second half, Fiorentina grew exponentially on an offensive level and, after chipping the crossbar with Beltran, found the equalizer with Rolando Mandragora: great through ball from Gosens for Dodò, who put it in the middle for the former Juventus and Turin midfielder , good at putting the ball under the crossbar and finding the target from a tight angle. Deserved draw and play-off in the bank.
In the final minutes the Tuscans came very close to victory but lacked precision and a bit of luck. Fiorentina finishes on the podium in the general classification, behind Chelsea and Vitoria Guimaraes.
The scoreboard of Vitoria Guimaraes-Fiorentina
RARE: 33′ Gustavo Silva, 87′ Mandragora.
VITORIA (4-3-3): Varela; Alberto Costa, Jorge Fernandes, Rivas, JM Mendes; Tiago Silva (80′ Handel), Manu, Joao Mendes (67′ Samu); Kaio Cesar, Gustavo Silva, Nuno Santos (80′ Arcanjo). All. Rui Borges.
FIORENTINA (4-2-3-1): Terracciano; Dodo, Comuzzo (46′ Ranieri), Martinez Quarta, Parisi (75′ Gosens); Richardson (46′ Adli), Mandragora; Ikoné (57′ Colpani), Gudmundsson (57′ Kean), Beltran; Kouame. All. Palladino.
REFEREE: Jujin Xhaja (ALB).
