They knew Fiorentina with a crazy upset by Lecce! The Viola looked close to a great away win that would lift them back into the top four, but the Giallorossi punished their opponents’ gaps and with two stoppage-time goals they prevailed with 3-2.
Oscar… an upset by the hosts, who got a huge result and their first three points since December 16, while they were now +6 from the danger zone. At the same time, Vincenzo Italiano’s team experienced a third consecutive defeat and remains at -2 from the top four.
The game started perfectly for Lecce after o Uden in the 17th minute he gave his team the lead, which they maintained with typical comfort until the end of the half. Despite this, Fiorentina entered the second half determined for the upset. Italiano dropped him Belotti in the match, with the “rooster” making his debut, just like him Mandrakewith the latter equalizing in the 50th minute with a superb diagonal finish from outside the area for 1-1.
A little later, it was his turn Beltran to “hit” to sign the overthrow of the “violas” in the 67th minute, with Belotti a few minutes later having a crossbar on a shot from inside the area. As the minutes ticked by, Lecce looked powerless to react but found the equalizer out of nowhere. After a free kick just below the midfield area, Fiorentina’s defense did not clear properly and Picoli with a header he equalized 2-2 in the 1st minute of stoppage time, setting fire to “Via del Mare”.
And in the… caps, Fiorentina went all out to chase the victory, as a result they stepped on it after Lecce went on the counter and the 19-year-old, Dorgu with a finish on the “spiders” of Terazzano he wrote 3-2 and became one with the world of the “glamorossi” for this great three points.
The 23rd matchday:
Friday (02/02)
Lecce – Fiorentina 3-2
(17′ Oudin, 90’+1′ Piccoli, 90’+2′ Dorgu – 50′ Madragora, 67′ Beltran)
Saturday (03/02)
Udinese – Monza (16:00)
Empoli-Genoa (16:00)
Frosinone – Milan (19:00)
Bologna – Sassuolo (21:45)
Sunday (04/02)
Torino – Salernitana (13:30)
Napoli – Verona (16:00)
Atalanta – Lazio (19:00)
Inter – Juventus (21:45)
Monday (05/02)
Roma – Cagliari (21:45)
The next (24th) matchday:
Friday (09/02)
Salernitana-Eboli (21:45)
Saturday (10/02)
Cagliari-Lazio (16:00)
Roma-Inter (19:00)
Sassuolo-Torino (21:45)
Sunday (11/02)
Fiorentina-Frosinone (13:30)
Monza-Verona (16:00)
Bologna-Lecce (16:00)
Genoa-Atalanta (19:00)
Milan-Napoli (21:45)
Monday (12/02)
Juventus-Udinese (21:45)
Source: Sport Fm
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