Fiorentina-Monza 2-1: Arthur scores once more and takes the Viola into the European zone

FIRENZE — A victory meaning eighth place, a defeat meaning goodbye to the desires of Europe. There Fiorentina he beats Monza 2-1 comeback, overtakes Napoli within the standings and appears in the direction of a season finale by which the decisive match shall be Convention League remaining. The Brianza group, after a superb begin, gave up within the second half, decreasing their heart of gravity and accumulating the decisive purpose from Arthur. Monza thus stays at 45 factors, eight factors away from the locations that result in Europe. With a thought for Athens and after the efforts of Bruges, the Viola coach shuffles the playing cards a bit. With out Belotti and Ikonè, Nzola in entrance is accompanied by Gonzalez, Barak and Castrovilli. In Monza, the novelty is Mota deployed as an attacking midfielder behind Djuric, with Colpani and Zerbin on the edges.

«The match report»

Nico Gonzalez equalizes

The formations of Italiano and Palladino are thus mirror photographs, 4-2-3-1 for each, however the interpretations are totally different. Brianzoli extra vertical, Fiorentina extra horizontal. The examine section lasts a couple of minutes, as a result of on the primary lunge Monza passes: within the ninth minute Mota frees himself nicely on the precise flank and crosses nicely for Djuric who heads forward of Quarta, scoring his ninth heart of the season. The shock shakes the hosts who first waste an excellent alternative with Nzola head to head with Di Gregorio, then on the half hour they equalize with Gonzalezgood at attacking the far publish on a cross from the precise by Barak.

Fiorentina within the Europe space

The match stays alive, Zerbin sees his shot blocked by Milenkovic, Gonzalez kicks at Di Gregorio after a pleasant slalom, whereas Quarta sends it excessive from an excellent place. Within the second half Palladino modifications sides, transferring to 3-4-2-1, nonetheless decreasing his group’s heart of gravity: Fiorentina slowly raises the tempo, tries twice with Gonzalez, Di Gregorio makes a fantastic save on Mandragora, however bows to a diagonal shot from Arthur within the thirty third minute. For the Brazilian – nineteenth totally different scorer of the season for Fiorentina, the purpose smacks of liberation. He hadn’t scored since January 2021, in a Juventus Bologna group with Pirlo on the bench. The finale is a timid forcing by Monza, just a few scrums, earlier than Zufferli’s remaining whistle. The Curva Fiesole encourages Fiorentina in the direction of the ultimate in Athens, however the Fiorentina championship finale can nonetheless provide one thing.

The scoreboard of Fiorentina-Monza

Fiorentina 2 (31′ pt Gonzalez, 32′ st Arthur)

Monza 1 (9’ pt Djuric)

Fiorentina (4-2-3-1): Terracciano 6 – Kayode 6 (34′ st Faraoni sv), Milenkovic 6.5, Quarta 5.5, Parisi 6 (34′ st Biraghi sv) – Arthur 7 (34′ st Duncan sv), Mandragora 6 – Gonzalez 7, Barak 6.5, Castrovilli 6 (28′ st Beltran 6)- Nzola 6 (15′ st Kouamé 5.5). Italian Annex 7.

Monza (4-2-3-1): Di Gregorio 7- Birindelli 5 (18′ st Pereira 5.5), Izzo 5.5, Marì 6 (26′ st D’Ambrosio 5.5, Kyriakopoulos 5.5 (1′ st Caldirola 6) – Pessina 5.5, Bondo 5.5 – Colpani 5.5 (36′ st V. Carboni sv), Mota 6.5 (18′ st Akpa Akpro 6), Zerbin 6.5- Djuric 7. All.

Referee: Zufferli 6.

Be aware: Parisi and Bondo booked. Spectators: 24,376.