FLORENCE (ITALPRESS) – Fiorentina won its second consecutive league victory and remained in the Champions zone, one point behind Juventus (fourth in the standings), with the continuation of the match against Inter just around the corner. Luca Ranieri and his teammates, at the Franchi, got the better of Genoa, 2-1, suffering especially during the second half.The hosts made the match in the beginning, putting the Ligurians under. Scoring first was Kean (extraordinary goal), rapacious in deflecting from inside the area a free kick taken from 25 meters by Mandragora. To imitate him shortly after was Gudmundsson, for the classic goal of the former, who collected an assist from the left by Gosens. In both circumstances the visiting defense was found unprepared. Genoa then failed to shorten the gap before halftime partly by virtue of a glaring error by Cornet, at 37′, served well by Pinamonti. The Ivorian footballer of French nationality, who was replaced at halftime by Vitinha, alone in front of De Gea raised his conclusion too high. The Gigliati in full emergency in midfield, given the injury absences of Cataldi, Adli and Colpani, suffered from the initiatives of Frendrup and Thorsby, who did not make Badelj regret.The second half began about ten minutes late by virtue of the injury of one of Collu’s assistants, Tolfo, who was replaced in the second half by fourth man Santoro. Genoa then scored at 55′ with De Winter, undisturbed on the fifth corner kick for the guests. At that point Citterio on the bench for Palladino, who was disqualified, decided to cover up: out went Richardson, in came Comuzzo and switched to 3-5-2. Vieira responded with Messias and Ekuban. The final was breathless for Fiorentina but fortunately De Gea did not have to make any special saves and so the purple celebration was triggered.- photo Image -(ITALPRESS).
