A player borrowed from the Romans helped punish the Ukrainian team.
On Sunday, October 27, the match of the ninth round of the Italian Serie A between Fiorentina and Roma took place in Florence at the Stadio Artemio Franchi.
Artem Dovbik traditionally appeared in the starting line of the Romans. But the forward of the Ukrainian national team in this game acted as a spectator of his team’s defeat.
In the 17th minute, the Violets had two goals: first Moise Kean scored, then Lucas Beltran converted a penalty.
Giallorossi head coach Ivan Jurich was not happy with this so he decided to make a double substitution.
And it is worth noting that one of them worked almost immediately. Kuadio Kone scored a goal. But the effect was short-lived, as Keane scored twice at the end of the first half.
In the opening minutes of the second half, the situation for the visitors took a turn for the worse. Edoardo Bove, on loan at Roma, added his own goal to his assist for Keane’s second goal.
But the nightmare didn’t end there either. In the 65th minute, Mario Hermoso was sent off, receiving his second warning of the match.
This allowed Mats Hummels to finally make his debut for the Romans. But it looks like it would be better if he didn’t make his debut, because he only had four minutes left to score an own goal.
In fact, it was the last line for the match, which did not provide an even match, as one team went through the skating rink on the other side.
The victory allowed Fiorentina to return to fourth place in the table, now with 16 points. Interestingly, Roma stayed where they were: 10 points and 11th place.
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Statistics of Fiorentina – Roma match in the ninth round of Serie A
Fiorentina – Romans 5:1
Objectives: Kean, 9, 41, Beltran, 17 (pen), Beauvais, 52, Hummels, 71 (ag) – Kone, 39.
Expected goals (xG): 3.80 – 0.65
Ball possession: 38% – 62%
Beats: 21 – 14
Shots on target: 10 – 5
Fouls: 13 – 11
Fiorentina: De Gea – Dodo, Comuzzo, Ranieri, Gosens – Cataldi (Richardson, 56), Adli (Cuarta, 74), Beauvais (Sottil, 66) – Colpani, Kin (Ikone, 75), Beltran (Kuame, 66).
Rome: Svilar – Mancini (Baldanzi, 46), N’Dika, Hermoso – Celik, Pisilli, Cristante (Kone, 32), Angelino (Zalewski, 32) – Dybala (Hummels, 67), Dovbik, Pellegrini.
Warnings: Ranieri, Kean – Mancini, Pisilli, Cone, Hermoso.
Removal: Hermoso 65 (Roma, second yellow card).
Source: korrespondent
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