Basel held a “funeral” in Fiorentina and took the qualification lead!

With Amduni’s goal on delaysBasel upset Fiorentina (1-2) at Artemio Franki in the first leg of the Europa Conference League semi-final and gained a lead to qualify for the final of the competition, ahead of the return match against St. Jacobs next Thursday!

The “violas” were superior and took the lead with Cabral in the 25th minute, until the 60th minute they missed chances to make it 2-0, but in their counter-attacks the Swiss did the damage initially with Diouf’s header in the 71st minute before coming to 92′ Amduni to give victory to Heiko Vogel’s team, which happened again in 2016 in the Europa League.

The match

The “violas” entered strongly and pressed the Swiss goal, missing two good chances, with Cabral and Bonaventura sending the ball out. In the 7th minute, a Basel goal was disallowed, as two of its players were offside, as seen in the VAR. Fiorentina’s big chance was wasted in the 15th minute, when Icone’s powerful shot was blocked by Hitz. At 19′, he answered dynamically Basel, when Nitiuf’s shot was saved by Terazzano.

The efforts of Vincenzo Italiano’s players were vindicated in the 25th minute, when after a corner by Biraghi, Martinez took the first header and Cabral the second, making it 1-0. Basel couldn’t find an answer and in the 28th minute Amrabad’s deflected shot just wide was the last good phase of the first half.

Basel missed a good chance in the 50th minute with Burger’s header after Xhaka’s corner. The “viola” responded with the shots of Madragoras and Ikone, which went just wide. Fiorentina continued to it presses and missed a good chance with Madragora after a combination of Cabral, Bonaventura in 66′.

But, against the flow of the match, Basel managed to equalize in the 71st minute. Xhaka combined with Duf and the latter with nice pretense outside the area was freed and with a weighted place sent the ball into the net of Terazzano. Cabral responded in the 76th minute with a nice shot that went just wide. In the 84th minute, Xhaka took a corner and Abdouni’s header went just wide of Terazzano’s left post. Fiorentina became more aggressive with Italiano’s changes, but could not create a significant chance in the Swiss home. Thus, in 93′ Xhaka committed a foul from the right, Males turned the ball with a strong cross into the area and with a strong shot Amduni made the 1-2 and gave the lead to the Swiss.

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The compositions of the two teams:

Fiorentina (Vincenzo Italiano): Terazzano, Biraghi, Ranieri, Martines Cuarta, Dodo, Madragora, Amrabad (73′ Castrosvili), Bonaventura (87′ Barak), Gonzalez (73′ Brecalo), Icone (81′ Quame), Cabral (81′ Jovic)

Basel (Heiko Vogel): Hedge, Lang, Adams, Pelmar, Etoile, Diouf, Xhaka, Burger (86′ Males), Calafiori, Augusten (77′ Zekiri), Amduni