Conference, Fiorentina-Lask 7-0: the purple hurricane sweeps away the Austrians

Florence, 12 December 2024 – The Fiorentina demolished the lash on the fifth day of the first phase of Conference League. The Viola overwhelmed the Austrians with a very heavy 7-0, which leaves little room for technical comments. The men of shop, having immediately fallen behind, they did all sorts of things in defence, annihilated by a Fiorentina too superior in every respect. The markings were made by Ikoné, Richardson, Mandragora, Gudmundsson on penalty and Sottil (double). The unfortunate own goal by Stojkovic. The Tuscans climb to 12 points in the single group, behind only Chelsea who are at the top with full points. Lask, however, remains second to last with 2 points.

The starting lineups

Raffaele Palladino deploy the Fiorentina with a somewhat atypical 4-3-3. Lots of turnover for the Viola, who rely on the 2006-born Martinelli in goal; in defense there are Parisi, Ranieri, Martinez Quarta and Kayode. In midfield there is room for Richardson, alongside Mandragora and Ikoné. Up front Kean plays more off-center than usual, leaving space in the middle for Kouamé, while on the other flank there is Sottil. shop place his lash mirror. Jungwirth defends the posts, supported by Bello, Smoicic, Talovierev and Bogarde. The midfield is occupied by Zuki, Jovicic and Stojkovic. The offensive trio is composed of Flecker, Berisha and Entrup.

First half

The game starts with a flash of Fiorentina, who immediately took the lead in the second minute. Kean takes advantage of a rearguard mix-up lash and scores in an empty net, but the referee disallows the entire play for a handball by the Italian striker. The difference in quality between the two teams is evident from the first moments of the game. The Viola dominate the game, keeping their centre of gravity very high and the guests show several defensive shortcomings. IKONE tries to exploit them in the 7th minute, when he is launched in depth by Ranieri and tries an unfortunate lob on Jungwirth. The goal of the lilies comes in the 10th minute: Parisi puts a long cross back in the middle Kayode, Sottil he arrives alone on the ball and scores the 1-0. Fiorentina risks making a big mess with Kayode two minutes later. A coverage error by the full-back favours Entrup, who tries to take advantage of it in the area and finds opposition coming out of Martinelli; the ball ricochets off the crossbar and is then cleared by the rearguard of PalladinoThe hosts doubled their lead in the 22nd minute, when Talavierov makes a suicidal back pass that triggers the run of Kouame; the attacker skips past the goalkeeper and then passes to the centre for Ikoné, who scores with the goal left unguarded. The pace slows down considerably and the Tuscans still find the third goal in the 39th minute. The hat-trick is scored by Richardson, who headed in on an assist from Sottil virtually closes the match. At the end of the fraction Kean he also hits the crossbar, after a nice control that would have deserved a better fate. The two teams go to the break with the score at 3-0, in a match that seems to have little else to say.

Second half

Il lash tries to create something, but without having the quality needed to be able to hurt Fiorentina. On the contrary, the lilies further rampage in the score in this second half of the game. At 58' Sottil he scores his personal brace with an assist from Kouame. Ten minutes later Mandragora, served by Gudmundsson, completes the manita. Viola who try to score as many goals as possible to improve the goal difference, while the Austrians at least try to save face in an excessively complicated away match for them. To complete the bad evening of the lash there is also the unfortunate own goal of Stojkovic, who with a rebound fools his own goalkeeper, who had been good at closing the door previously HitThe guests continue to mess around and also concede a penalty, converted by Gudmundsson in the 85th minute. Score 7-0 and total debacle for the men of shop.

The match scoreboard

Fiorentina (4-3-3): Martinelli; Parisi, Ranieri (46' Moreno), Martinez Quarta, Kayode; Richardson (76' Harder), Mandragora, Ikoné (68' Colpani); Sottil (61' Beltran), Kouamé, Kean (61' Gudmundsson). Coach: Palladino.

lash (4-3-3): Jungwirth; Bello, Smoicic, Talovierov, Bogarde; Zulj, Jovicic, Stojkovic; Flecker, Berisha, Entrup (53' Ljubicic). Coach: Schopp.

Scorers: 10' Sottil (Fio), 22' Ikoné (Fio), 40' Richardson (Fio), 58' Sottil (Fio), 69' Mandragora (Fio), 82' Stojkovic (AU, Fio), 85' Gudmundsson (R, Fio)

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