Conference League, Celje-Fiorentina 1-2. Viola cynical, De Gea saves the result
Viola team with a large turnover and with some suffering against a modest team, but definitely more proactive. However, the 2-1 away success is precious. The qualification issue is still open, but the semi-final is closer
Fiorentina's celebration, as they snatch victory on Slovenian soil in the first leg of the Conference League quarter-finals
Celje (Slovenia), 10 April 2025 – 2-1 victory for the Viola in SloveniaThe qualification for the semi-final is still open Conference LeagueThe Viola go ahead twice (Ranieri first with a personal action and then Mandrake on penalty), after having suffered the charge, the exchanges in the narrow, the speed of the Celje.
It's a remodeled Fiorentina: Palladino keeps out (to give them a breather) Kean, Gudmundsson, Dodo. And it shows: the team struggles to find itself, but cynically takes advantage of the only opportunities that come their way. Then a mistake by Fagioli (substitute) leads to the Slovenian penalty that puts Celje back in the running and leaves the qualification debate open. In the final, two sensational interventions by De Gea save the result. Everything will be decided on April 17th in Florence.
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Great save by De Gea with his foot in the 50th minute. The game ends here
Kean comes in for Zaniolo in the 89th minute
De Gea saves Vuklisevic's header
Zaniolo scores, but is offside
Out Folorunsho, in Dodo
Shot that just misses the crossbar!
In the 72nd minute, a cross shot that grazes the post
the penalty foul is committed by Pongracic, but the action starts from a ball naively lost by Fagioli
Slovenians score from a penalty: it's 1-2
Out Adli and Cataldi, in Fagioli and Richardson
At 60' Mandragora scores! 0-2
Meanwhile, at the start of the second half, Parisi took the place of an often struggling Moreno
Saved by the Viola goalkeeper on a shot from outside
Zaniolo also cautioned
Luca Ranieri cautioned
The recovery has begun
At half time with the score at 0-1, the Slovenians were better, the cynical Viola didn't miss their only chance
Moreno cautioned
A flash from Ranieri in the 26th minute, in a phase that saw the Slovenians more in the game. Dribbling persistently on the left, he enters the area and from an angled position he beats the not impeccable Silva
At 11' Matko tries, ball out
Another Slovenian chance, Delaurier-Chaubet shoots on the outside of the net
Danger in the Viola area, a Celje player misses the goal with a slide tackle
Celje-Fiorentina has begun! Great cheering in the stands. The Viola fans are 1.300
Teams on the field, soon it will be Celje-Fiorentina
Viola on the pitch for the warm-up, strangely under the curve of the Celje fans
Conducted by German Felix Zwayer
The Viola coach gives Dodo, Kean, Gudmundsson and Fagioli a rest. The Beltran-Zaniolo duo plays in attack
FIORENTINA (3-5-2): De Gea; Comuzzo, Pongracic, Ranieri; Moreno, Cataldi, Adli, Mandragora, Folorunsho; Beltran, Zaniolo
CELJE (4-2-3-1): Ricardo Silva; Nieto, Vuklisevic, Nemanic, Karnicnik; Kvesic, Zabuvoknic; Chaubet, Seslar, Svetlin; Matko
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