FLORENCE. Collapse of Fiorentina in its stadium: against Udinese, recovery of the 20th day of the championship, it ended 4-0 for the Friulian team that interrupted the positive streak of the viola that had lasted for five games at the Franchi and above all compromises their race for a place in Europe. The Italian team dreamed of overtaking in the standings against Rome and Lazio instead suffered the third defeat in a row in a week after those in the second leg of the Italian Cup in Turin with Juventus and in Sunday’s away match in Salerno. Considering that the next match will be in 4 days at San Siro with Milan, Fiorentina is likely to miss the long-chased finish line, however at the end from the Fiesole curve they continued to sing cheers of encouragement. Conversely Udinese, already saved and without the pressure of the result, played lightly and led by the coach Chioffi, Florentine by birth and cheering, hit and sank the opponents with his deadly restarts and the shots of Marì and Deulefeu (the best ) in the first half and Walace and Udogie (who had also hit a post shortly before) in full recovery. And to think that Fiorentina had presented themselves to this appointment with Bonaventura and Torreira: the first had not played since mid-March due to a knee injury, the second has disposed of the abdominal injury remedied a week ago in record time. In attack Piatek was back in the starting position after 40 days. In Udinese more confirmations than changes: Walace preferred to Jajal, Deulofeu-Success in attack.
At the ready the Italian team went immediately close to scoring with Piatek (rejected by Silvestri’s foot) and Gonzalez but surprisingly it was the Friulians who went through on 12 ‘with Marì ready to exploit a defensive mess. First goal in Serie A for the Spaniard, a slap in the face for Fiorentina who, in pursuit of the equal, overturned forward, exposing themselves, however, to the dangerous restarts of their opponents. And from one of these was born the doubling of Udinese with Deulofeu, at the 12th seal in the league. The Viola tried to regroup and before the interval they touched the net with Piatek (saving Udogie), Biraghi and Odriozola, but without finding it. And Gonzalez’s protests for a contact in the area were in vain. To shock his Italian team he made three changes, one for each department: Igor for Milenkovic, Maleh for Bonaventura and Cabral for Piatek. The plot has not changed, the Viola went to the assault by engaging Silvestri and his teammates with Sottil, Torreira, Maleh and constantly occupying the opposing area but the goal seemed haunted, and while Italian was playing all the way by including Callejon and Ikoné Udinese, after coming close at least three times, still scored in the recovery with Walace and Udogie. While darkness fell on the Fiorentina.