After the punitive retirement imposed following the latest disappointing results, Fiorentina immediately hit a shot and returned to win by going to Hellas Verona. It ends 2-1 at Bentegodi thanks to goals from Vlahovic and Caceres, but Salcedo’s yellow and blue seal is useless. Iachini’s team takes a good breath of fresh air and momentarily moves to +8 on the relegation zone, forcing Juric’s men to the third knockout in a row, the sixth in the last seven matches. A balanced and quite lively first half is released just a few moments from the interval, when Barak spreads Bonaventura in the Scala area, granting a penalty to the guests. Vlahovic makes no mistake and carries the Viola forward.
In the second half, Verona starts strong in search of an equal, which is canceled in the 50th minute due to Faraoni’s offside, but Fiorentina hits again shortly after the hour of play. The signing is from Caceres, good at being in the right place on a rebound in the area, striking Silvestri with a nice right. The Hellas seems stunned but immediately manages to get back into the race with the newly entered Salcedo, who deposits in the head net on the air bank of Pharaohs. It will be a goal all in all useless for the hosts, whose attacks in the final are not successful.