Fiorentina-Juventus 3-0, another collapse of the Bianconeri. Is Motta's bench at risk?

Florence, 16 March 2025 - Just a few days ago the Juventus she dreamed of returning to the fight for the Scudetto with the lights off and today she even left the zone Champions League: after the poker cashed at home by the hand of theAtalanta, here comes the hat-trick inflicted by Fiorentina, scored with Goossens, Mandrake e Gudmundsson, for a very important result that comes right on the eve of a championship break that for Motta risks becoming red-hot, if not something more. The Juventus coach leaves Vlahovic e Star on a bench that is increasingly shaky for him, while he gloats Palladino, one of the many exes of the day: he is also beans, twice assistman in a festive evening for the Franchi, which however also recalls barone a year after his death. The Viola in fact rise to 48 points in standings, thus remaining in the wake of the Roma and surpassing the Milan, in addition to getting significantly closer to the Lazio, defeated today at Bologna but in turn only one length away from Juventus, which will experience a very long and complicated break.

The official lineups

Palladino choose a 3-5-1-1 open from De Gea, protected by Pongracic, Mary e Ranieri, with Dodo e Goossens on the bands and Mandrake, Cataldi e beans on the median: in front there is Kean, assisted by Gudmundsson. Motta reply with a 4-2-3-1 that he sees between the posts By Gregorio, with Weah, Rabbit, Kelly e Veiga in a defense shielded by Thuram e Locatelli: in attack there is kolo muani, supplied by McKennie, koopmeiners e Gonzalez.  

First half

  The first blaze is black and white, with Weah who goes off to the right and shoots off target shortly after the referee's whistle Locksmiths for a previous foul on beans, one of the many exes of the day. At 9' Mary goes vertically towards Kean: By Gregorio comes out at the right time and neutralizes the danger with his chest. Juventus reply with a shot attempted by Thuram which however crashes against the purple wall. At 14' McKennie puts it in the corner after an attempted initiative by Dodo e Kean: beats Cataldi that goes by Goossens, who heads the ball into the Juventus defence and in particular into Veiga, but on the left, in the continuation of the action, it goes to queen. The Franchi explodes before repeating itself in the 18th minute, when Mandrake doubles with a perfect left-footed cross from a deep pass by beans. The one-two punch hurts a lot Juventus, who tries to react in the 24th minute, when from the developments of a free kick kicked by koopmeiners, Veiga he goes with his left but hits the head of Cataldi. From one set piece to another, on the opposite side: on the serving point it goes Mandrake, who hits the visitors' wall twice, who immediately turn the tables but with a not exactly unforgettable conclusion from koopmeinersThe pace slows down and the Fiorentina lowers the centre of gravity, trying to strike on the counterattack, also taking advantage of the sterility of the Bianconeri up front, who are only dangerous on set pieces: in the 42nd minute it is a foul on Locatelli and he takes care of the joke koopmeiners and the ball arrives at Gonzalez, who with a faulty control helps his former team, who then tries to restart with the usual Gudmundsson. Locksmiths assign 1' recovery time, which the Viola try to exploit with a free kick taken by beans and spit by Mary, with By Gregorio to control the ball, sliding along the bottom line, perhaps even too confidently, before the interruption of hostilities.

Second half

 The teams return to the field with the same players: among them, the side Juve, There are koopmeiners e Gonzalez, which combine in the area before the insertion of McKennie, walled up by RanieriThe American tries again shortly after with a header from a corner: De Gea blocks before starting the restart closed by a jolt of Kean off target. Instead, the right-footed shot fired in the 53rd minute by Gudmundsson, still served by a beans in an evening of grace against his recent past. Speaking of recent past, the goal celebration at 58' is joined Kean, but this time everything is disallowed for offside. Motta takes advantage of this to let in Cambiaso e Cantabrian for Gonzalez e Veiga. In the 63rd minute the black and whites scored with kolo muani, who heads the cross wide Weah. At 68' Goossens with his heel he almost thwarts the cross on the line koopmeiners I searched for kolo muani: the performance was excellent, but the risk of scoring an own goal was high. Motta then insert Cats for Kelly e conception for Weah: not even the time for the number 4 of the black and whites to settle on the pitch Kean he gets away but finishes wide with pure power. On the other side he kicks from outside Thuram, but the result is only a plastic parade of De Gea for photographers. Also Palladino opens the carousel of substitutions: they go up Comuzzo e Beltran for Ranieri e Gudmundsson. At 84' Cambiaso he wedges himself into the area with force and luck, with the rebound becoming good for kolo muani, in turn closed at the moment of the shot: on that occasion the number 27 also got hurt, leaving the field to Mbangula (they remain on the bench like this Vlahovic e Star), while beans he comes out to receive a standing ovation from the Franchi and to give minutes to Folorunsho. Palladino you also play cards Zaniolo e Judicial for Kean e CataldiThe minutes of recovery are just 2: pure garbage time for yet another bad night for the Juventus, which slides down from good positions for the Champions League. Instead, it's a celebration Fiorentina, who reiterates his candidacy for a place in the sun in Europe, in addition to remembering as best as possible barone one year after his disappearance.