Final result: Fiorentina – Hellas Verona 3-1
FLORENTINA (edited by Dimitri Conti)
De Gea 6.5 – Serdar bags the ball to him where the spiders rest, even for someone of his caliber there is nothing to do. As in the rest of the afternoon, he then launches Kean towards 3-1.
Dodo 6 – Omnipresent in the two phases, he however lacks the spark in the offensive one. The continuous bucking in percussion, more than once, would have deserved a better fate.
Comuzzo 6.5 – Fresh from being called up to the national team, he performs in front of coach Spalletti. And he demonstrates the reliability he is able to guarantee: he wins the duel with Tengstedt by a landslide.
Ranieri 7 – The action of the first goal scored by Fiorentina was born from a low recovery, crowning the excellent last period. In addition to being a captain, he is increasingly a leader.
Gosens 6 – Guard the left lane intelligently: there isn’t always the space you need to board. He is able to alternate pushing and managing phases.
Ox 5.5 – He gets fooled on the low exit by Serdar, who completes the prank by bagging it under the intersection. It’s not the only mistake of the first half, but he doesn’t lose heart in the fight.
From 87′ Mandragora sv.
Adli 6.5 – He approaches the match with a few too many errors, while still maintaining control over many balls with personality. However, he then provided the assist for Kean’s 2-1.
From 77′ Richardson sv.
Colpani 6 – He has much more confidence than at the beginning of the season and it shows in the plays he attempts. Not all of them succeed but he is present: he comes close to scoring from afar, and gets blocked from up close.
From 83′ Kayode sv.
Beltran 6.5 – He confirms the good connection he is building with Kean, serving the ball to the center forward to make it 1-0. He moves and never gives references, he goes out to applause.
From 77′ Kouame sv.
Thin 5.5 – For too long stretches of the first half he remained on the sidelines and was unable to get involved. Things go better in the second half: a couple of yellows, but he also misses a goal.
From 83′ Kayode sv.
Kean 8.5 – It starts off great, unlocking the dance. And he continues even better: he signed the overtaking with an Ibrahimovic-like shot, closing on the restart. Impregnable.
Raffaele Palladino 7 – Having suffered their first defeat in Europe, they aim to keep their list of consecutive victories in the championship active. The start was one of those that couldn’t be better, but Verona reacted and achieved an equaliser. He didn’t change at half-time and gave confidence to his chosen men from the start, reaping the rewards mainly thanks to Kean. He reads the end well, giving cover to the lanes looking for escapes on the restart. And that’s exactly how the 3-1 arrives.
HELLAS VERONA (edited by Giuseppe Lenoci)
Montipò 6.5 – The goalkeeper between the posts pays attention to the numerous crosses coming from the flanks. He can do little on Kean’s brace, while he is precise in his free throws. Even on attempts from outside the area he is well placed and covers the mirror.
Tchatchoua 5.5 – Game with two faces for the winger who is unable to create dangers in the offensive zone. However, he holds up in the defensive phase with precise doubles and effective diagonals.
Magnani 6 – Kean and Beltran try to surprise him: after the goal conceded, he raises a wall that limits the Tuscans’ offensive actions.
Coppola 5 – He was surprised early on by Kean’s goal. In the second half, the script does not change, with the attacker surprising him following the development of a corner kick.
Bradaric 5.5 – Marking Colpani is not easy and Dodò’s overlaps put him, in some cases, in difficulty. Unlucky during the air crash with Colpani. From ’81’ Daniliuc sv –
Serdar 7 – The goal that temporarily made it 1-1 is a pearl that De Gea can do nothing about. Good game in general, even when the yellow card was given in the second half which interrupted a dangerous counterattack. From the 74th minute Kastanos 6 – His entry serves to increase the quality of the dribbling. However, it is difficult to find the right spaces to try to create spaces.
Duda 5.5 – The role of the midfielder is not simple also due to Beltran’s position which often varies between midfield and attack. The ball lost on Kouamè’s pressure was bloody and almost ended the match.
Lazovic 5.5 – Often called to double up defensively, given the danger of the purple wing. You see little in attack, who appeared a bit defeatist. From 74′ Sarr 5.5 – The attacker, who entered at a crucial moment, almost never manages to threaten himself and touches few balls.
Harroui 5.5 – The midfielder is unable to find the right play to break the dam formed by the opposing defence.
Suslov 5.5 – The fantasy of the exterior does not develop in the plot of the game, also given the spaces granted. He often moves his center of gravity back to manage ball possession, not making the most of his pace. From the 66th minute Belahyane 5.5 – He tries to do better than his teammate, but can’t find the right play.
Tengstedt 5.5 – The striker struggles in the suffocating marking of the Fiorentina centre-backs. He tries to move all over the field to move the opposing defense, but the reads of the passes coming from the defense are not correct. From 66′ Mosquera 6 – He tries with his speed to undermine the Viola’s well-organized defense.
Paolo Zanetti 5.5 – He is unable to find the right solutions to undermine an excellent defense put to the ground by his colleague Palladino. Only Serdar’s magic manages to get his team back on track. The module change doesn’t improve his team’s match.