Sun 11 Apr

Serie A 20:45
ARTEMIO FRANCHI | FIRENZE
FIORENTINA
2
-
3
ATALANTA

Second half

45' +4' IT'S THE FINAL WHISTLE IN FLORENCE!!! AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT WIN ON A DIFFICULT PITCH, GET IN!!! THANKS, LADS!!! THANKS, COACH!!!
42' Substitution for Atalanta: Miranchuk on, Zapata off.
40' Another missed chance for Atalanta, this time with Zapata, who fires straight at Dragowski.
38' Pašalić misses a great chance, as he drills just wide.
33' Double Atalanta chance! First with Pašalić who can't get the ball, then Zapata's lob is just over.
32' Double substitution Fiorentina: Venuti and Callejon on, Quarta and Bonaventura off.
27' Yellow card for Milenkovic.
26' Double substitution Atalanta: entrano Eysseric e Borja Valero, escono Castrovilli e Amrabat.
25' GOOOOOAAAALLLLLL!!!! JOSIIIIPPPPPP ILIIIIIIČIIIIIIĆ!!! Iličić scores from the spot and we're back into the lead!!! 2-3!!! C'MON GUYS!!!
22' Fiorentina equalise, Vlahovic's double.
19' Double substitution Atalanta: on Mæhle and Iličić, off Malinovskyi and Muriel.
12' Fiorentina pull one back through Vlahovic.
8' Yellow card for Amrabat.
1' Substitution Atalanta: on Djimsiti, off Romero.

First half

45' +2' We lead at the break thanks to Zapata's brace!
40' GOOOOOOOOAAAALLLLLLLL!!!! DUVÁÁÁNNN ZAPAAAAATAAAAAA!!! Malinovskyi magic through ball for Zapata, who slots home!!! 0-2!!! C'MON GUYS!!!
32' Yellow card for Pezzella.
30' Zapata kicks it straight at Dragowski when one-on-one with him.
23' Yellow card for Romero.
20' Muriel's pass finds Zapata, who hits a volley: Dragowski denies him again.
15' Another corner from Malinovskyi which is headed by Gosens: Dragowski beats the effort away.
13' GOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!! DUVÁÁÁNNNNNN ZAPAAAATAAAAAA!!! Zapata with a towering header from a Malinovskyi corner!!! 0-1! C'MON GUYS!!!
1' 2nd half started! KEEP PUSHING!!
1' Kick-off in Florence! C'MON NERAZZURRI!!

3 mega points on a difficult pitch

Zapata's brace and Iličić's goal to seal the win

On the 2020-2021 Serie A TIM matchday 30 Atalanta claim a very important 3-2 win over Fiorentina at the stadium Franchi in Florence. It was a thrilling match, full of chances and goals, which was decided by Zapata’s brace and Iličić’s penalty.

It was a strong start from the Nerazzurri, who immediately tried to find the right play to get past the Viola defence. After a few efforts, Zapata opened the scoring with a towering header from Malinovskyi’s corner on 13. Zapata tested again the Viola goalkeeper on 20 with an angled drive and almost doubled the Nerazzurri’s lead on 30, but Dragowski rushed out to parry his effort. He bagged a brace anyway on 40: Malinovskyi’s through ball found Zapata, who beat the keeper easily. In stoppage time, just before half-time, Castrovilli fired just wide.

The second half was lively. Fiorentina pulled one back through Vlahovic, who fired a half-volley in after Caceres had nodded a cross down for him. All of this arrived amongst the complaining of the Nerazzurri due to a reversed throw-in. Dragowski pulled off another great save on 60 when he denied Toloi from close range. That’s when Fiorentina completed their comeback through Vlahovic, who was unmarked and put Kouame’s assist in. It was all over again for Atalanta, but their reaction was immediate and Iličić scored from the spot to make it 3-2 after Quarta’s handball. Fiorentina pushed hard in the final minutes looking for an equaliser but the best chances came off the Nerazzurri, with Pašalić and Zapata both missing the fourth goal.

57' 66'

2 - 3

12' 38' 70'
1
21
27
77
77'
92
70'
28
25
15
36
23
77'
6
70'
67
31
57
13
19
46'
3
63'
4
72
64' 70'
20
7
59
87'
40

2 - 3

2 Goals scored 3
7 Total attempts 12
2 Shots on target 8
5 Shots off target 4
0 Penalties 1
7 Assists 9
9 Crosses 7
0 Corners 6
6 Decisive interventions 0
3 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
2 Offsides 2
5 Saves 0
4 Substitutions 4
0 Hit woodwork 0
Giuseppe Iachini Lines up
69. dragowski / 4. milenkovic / 20. pezzella / 2. quarta / 22. caceres / 5. bonaventura / 34. amrabat / 10. castrovilli / 3. biraghi / 11. kouame' / 9. vlahovic

Substitutions

1. terracciano / 21. rosati / 27. barreca / 77. callejon / 92. eysseric / 28. montiel / 25. malcuit / 15. olivera / 36. ponsi / 23. venuti / 6. valero / 67. munteanu
Giuseppe Iachini Lines up
95. gollini / 2. toloi / 17. romero / 6. palomino / 8. gosens / 15. de roon / 11. freuler / 18. malinovskyi / 88. pasalic / 9. muriel / 91. zapata

Substitutions

31. rossi / 57. sportiello / 13. caldara / 19. djimsiti / 3. maehle / 4. sutalo / 72. ilicic / 20. kovalenko / 7. lammers / 59. miranchuk / 40. ruggeri

Referees

Referee: juan luca sacchi / Assistants: rodolfo di vuolo / Assistants: scarpa / Fourth official: davide ghersini / V.A.R.: luigi nasca / A.V.A.R: luca mondin
Shirt number Player Role
2 Rafael Toloi Difensore
6 José Luis Palomino Difensore
8 Mario Pašalić Centrocampista
9 Luis Muriel Attaccante
15 Marten de Roon Centrocampista
19 Berat Djimsiti Difensore
22 Matteo Ruggeri Centrocampista
31 Francesco Rossi Portiere
91 Duván Zapata Attaccante