The ‘Grifone’ could not maintain their advantage and settled for a draw at the ‘Viola’, which with this result moves away from Europe
Fiorentina could not get past a draw at home against Genoa (1-1) where Mexican defender Johan Vásquez plays, a result that greatly complicates their presence in European competitions next season.
In a key match, the Florence team extended its bad streak in Serie A, a competition in which it has now gone five consecutive days without winning. Neither in March nor in April have Vincenzo Italiano’s team achieved a victory.
Still with one less match, the one that has been postponed with Atalanta, a direct confrontation, Fiorentina’s options to play in the Conference League or Europa League next season also involve winning the Conference League itself and the Coppa Italia, of which it is a semi-finalist.
Johan Vásquez played the 90 minutes in the 1-1 draw between Fiorentina and Genoa. EPA/CLAUDIO GIOVANNINI
Because the draw against a Genoa with nothing at stake left the ‘Viola’ in tenth position, 6 points away from the goal. And they started the duel well, with a general dominance that led to a goal by Andrea Belloti that was annulled by the VAR for offside.
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Genoa woke up and turned the situation around at the end of the first half with a penalty converted by the Icelandic Albert Gudmundsson, one of the best players in the Italian championship.
However, the ‘Fiore’ did not throw in the towel and shortly after beginning the second act they tied the duel with a header from Frenchman Jonathan Ikoné.
Genoa came close to the second shortly after with a penalty that the referee awarded to Mateo Retegui but which, again after intervention by the VAR, was annulled due to the protest of the Genoese players, incredulous at the referee’s decision.
The tie leaves ‘Fiore’ tenth with 44 points, 6 behind an Atalanta that occupies European positions and with whom it still has to play a postponed match. Genoa, for its part, virtually saved and settled in the middle zone, remains twelfth with 39 points.
