Sottil deceives the viola, but in the second half Darmian, Dzeko and Perisic overturn the result against Napoli. Ten hosts for the expulsion of Gonzalez
Inter bully in Florence remedying a very complicated first half in which Fiorentina had put the Nerazzurri in serious difficulty. Who, pending the commitments of Naples and Milan, earn the lead of the standings for one night.
Uphill race for Inzaghi’s team: at 2 ‘Handanovic saves the goal by throwing himself out on Biraghi, served by Vlahovic. Fiorentina play well, especially on the left side: at 11 ‘Vlahovic frees himself for the left-footed conclusion from the edge, a nice reflex from Handanovic. Still the viola at 13 ‘with Biraghi who started very well on the left: the former arrives at the conclusion, still careful Handanovic. The pressure from the Viola is insistent and in the 22nd minute Inter must give in: Gonzalez breaks through from the left and crosses for Sottil who, one meter from Handanovic, just has to push on goal. The Nerazzurri, hit by the rhythm of their opponents, struggle to react: the median, with Barella and Brozovic, cannot find dynamism and geometry. And the attacking couple Dzeko-Lautaro fails to filter into the purple defense. To see the first ring of the Italian champions you have to wait for 30 ‘: Calhanoglu engages Dragowski with a free kick from the edge of the area. Still the Turkish, just before 45 ‘, frees himself from outside the box but his conclusion is rather imprecise.
Upon returning to the field in time, Inter immediately showed another look and, after a couple of promising restarts failed by Vlahovic, overturns the game within three minutes. At 51 ‘Darmian, served by an excellent Barella, beats Dragowski with a precise diagonal and at 54’ Dzeko overpowers Biraghi and with the house specialty, a peremptory header under measure, packs the 1-2. Fiorentina, surprisingly, is not there and, led by the director Torreira, goes under and begins to collect corners. On an imbalance, however, the Viola risk sinking: in the 64th minute Lautaro clears an assist from the inexhaustible Barella. At 79 ‘Gonzalez troubles his team: the purple striker suffers a detention by Bastoni and the referee Fabbri is wrong not to warn the Inter defender, but Gonzalez loses his head and applauds him. The yellow does not calm him down, the applause continues and the red arrives. A nonsense that leaves the hosts outnumbered and that jeopardizes the final purple forcing: at 86 ‘Perisic closes a nice counterattack and fixes the final 1-3. –