Fiorentina-Spezia 1-1: the Viola miss the record victory

FLORENCE – Fails to conquer a record that would have been unique, Fiorentina. That of ten wins in a row in a single season. Vincenzo Italiano’s team is blocked in front of the almost 36,000 Franchi from Spezia of the Florentine Leonardo Semplici. Wisniewski’s own goal in the 25th minute, provoked by an excellent lunge on the left by Biraghi in an attempt to cross, Nzola replies in the 32nd minute with his thirteenth goal in the league with the forward taking advantage of Igor’s indecision on the long trajectory of Dragowski directly from the postponement and outgoing mockery of Terracciano. Fiorentina hit two posts, with Cabral in a bicycle kick and then with the new entrant Brekalo, but Spezia held the field and restarted quickly with an unleashed Nzola who put Igor in crisis throughout the match. At the end of the challenge, Jovic was given an opportunity who, however, was unable to hit the goal diagonally. And in the 90th minute Shomurodov scored in a one-on-one with Terracciano, made a sensational mistake and the Viola goalkeeper rejected the counterattack. In the end, the Ligurians snatch a precious point to keep the hot spot in the standings at bay, while Fiorentina climb to 41 points and can now think about the first leg of the Conference League quarter-finals scheduled for next Thursday at Lech Poznan .

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Nzola catches the draw in the first half

Fiorentina chasing the tenth consecutive victory between the league and cups, Spezia to get out of the hottest areas of the standings. At the Franchi, in front of 35,000 spectators, a pleasant match was staged. The Italian once again relies on Cabral as an offensive reference, also giving space to Castrovilli in place of the suspended Amrabat and giving Sottil a starting shirt almost six months after the last time. Simple with Nzola forward and Maldini completing the trident together with Gyasi. In the 19th minute it was the guests who took the lead with Gyasi who found Nzola all alone at the far post: the attacker however was offside and the referee annulled everything. In the 25th minute Fiorentina pass, this time for real: Biraghi goes to the left, extends and no one can stop him, crosses and finds Wisniewski’s deflection in his own goal. Own goal and Viola ahead. But it doesn’t last long, because Spezia finds the equal directly from Dragowski’s postponement: we are in the 32nd minute and the Polish goalkeeper, a former viola, finds Nzola with his trajectory. The attacker surprises both the defender and Terracciano, who came out to cover the mirror of the goal, and scores for the equaliser. It is his thirteenth league goal, the number 15 of the season. Viola’s response came shortly after with a crossbar hit by Cabral’s overhead kick. But the first half ends in a draw.

Repulsed the purple assaults, Spice snatches a golden point

The Italian tries to change something, putting his hands on the two offensive wingers: in the 60th minute Sottil and Ikonè off, Brekalo and Gonzalez on. The former Torino immediately stood out after just 30”, with the post hit to the right by Dragowski on an assist from Bonaventura. Fiorentina grows, Spezia plays on the counterattack. In the 69th minute Biraghi commits Dragowski to a rejection in some way with a free kick. The second half was less brilliant than the first, with some even trivial mistakes made by both teams. The Viola push for the win but Semplici’s team, Florentine and particularly excited, spared no effort. In the final also Jovic, in place of Cabral who is applauded above all for his excellent performance in the last two months. In the final Jovic has the opportunity to score but his diagonal ends just wide. Then Terracciano doesn’t let himself be hypnotized by Shomurodov thrown into the net by himself. So the Viola’s race stops at nine straight victories between the championship and the cups. For Fiorentina now head to the Conference League, with the first leg of the quarter-finals scheduled for next Thursday in Poznan. For Spezia appointment on April 14 with the internal challenge against Lazio.

Fiorentina-Spezia 1-1 (1-1)
Fiorentina (4-2-3-1): Terracciano 6; Dodò 6, Quarta 5.5, Igor 5, Biraghi 6.5; Castrovilli 5.5 (26′ st Barak 5.5), Mandragora 6 (35′ st Duncan 6); Ikoné 5.5 (14′ st Gonzalez 5.5), Bonaventura 6, Sottil 5.5 (14′ st Brekalo 6.5); Cabral 6 (35′ st Jovic 5.5). All. Italian 5.5
Spice (4-3-3): Dragowski 6; Amian 6, Ampadu 6, Nikolaou 5.5, Wisniewski 5; Zurkowski 5.5, Bourabia 6 (20′ st Bastoni 6), Ekdal 5.5 (31′ st Esposito 6); Gyasi 6 (35′ st Shomurodov 5), Nzola 7 (44′ st Verde sv), Maldini 6 (20′ st Cipot 6). Simple annexes 6.5. Referee: Dionysis 5.5
Markers: 25′ pt Wisniewski (auth.), 32′ pt Nzola.
Note: Maldini, Nzola, Italiano, Ampadu, Bastoni, Ekdal, Wisniewski booked.
Spectators: 35,863.