Fiorentina falls to Cyprus on the third day of the Conference League: the Viola were defeated 2-0 at the hands of Apoel Nicosia. Palladino’s team fell in the 37th minute due to Donis’s goal, then in the 46th minute Abagna doubled the lead following an error by the Viola defence. Ikoné’s hopeful goal in the 74th minute was useless: the Tuscans stopped after seven victories in a row, remaining stuck at 6 in the standings.
At the end of the match, the Fiorentina striker, Lucas Beltranspoke thus to the official channels of the Viola club: “It was a dirty match, too fragmented, the match stopped every three minutes. We like to play the ball, dribble, but we never got into the game. We created some opportunity, but not too many dangers. We must continue like this, we know that these matches are very difficult, everyone wants to win against Fiorentina. We must continue to work, now we have an important match for us in the league (with Verona, dr), we must not give up the head. One likes it always win, you always train to win. It can happen, we’re sorry because we thought we’d come here and play our game, but we have to continue like this, we’re a great team and we have many goals.”
The results of the third day
Vikingur Reykjavik vs Borac Banja Luka 2-0
Gent vs Omonia 1-0
HJK vs O. Ljubljana 0-2
Legia vs Din. Minsk 4-0
Pafos vs FC Astana 1-0
Petrocub vs SK Rapid 0-3
Shamrock Rovers vs TNS 2-1
TSC vs Lugano 4-1
APOEL vs Fiorentina 2-1
Betis vs Celje 2-1
Chelsea vs Noah 8-0
Djurgarden vs Panathinaikos 2-1
FC Copenhagen vs Basaksehir 2-2
Guimaraes vs Mlada Boleslav 2-1
Hearts vs Heidenheim 0-2
Jagiellonia vs Molde 3-0
Larne vs St Gallen 1-2
LASK vs Cercle Brugge 0-0
The ranking
1. Chelsea 9 (+13)
2. Legia 9 (+8)
3. Jagiellonia 9 (+6)
4. SK Rapid 9 (+5)
5. Guimaraes 9 (+4)
6. Heidenheim 9 (+4)
7. Shamrock Rovers 7 (+4)
8. Fiorentina 6 (+3)
9. Paphos 6 (+3)
10. O. Ljubljana 6 (+3)
11. Lugano 6 (+1)
12. Hearts 6 (+1)
13. Gent 6 (0)
14. Vikingur Reykjavik 6 (0)
15. Cercle Brugge 4 (+2)
16. Djurgarden 4 (0)
17. APOEL 4 (0)
18. Betis 4 (0)
19. Borac Banja Luka 4 (-1)
20. Celje 3 (+1)
21. Homonia 3 (+1)
22. Molde 3 (-1)
23. TSC 3 (-1)
24. TNS 3 (-1)
25. FC Astana 3 (-2)
26. HJK 3 (-4)
27. St. Gallen 3 (-5)
28. Noah 3 (-7)
29. FC Copenhagen 2 (-1)
30. LASK 2 (-2)
31. Panathinaikos 1 (-4)
32. Basaksehir 1 (-5)
33. Mlada Boleslav 0 (-4)
34. Dyn. Minsk 0 (-6)
35. Larne 0 (-7)
36. Petrocub 0 (-8)