Between Turin and Fiorentina it ends 0-0 amid controversy the news
The Granata stop the Viola despite the numerical inferiority for a whole half due to Ricci’s expulsion at the end of the first half, but Marchetti’s match direction does not convince either of the two benches so much so that the two coaches, Juric and Italiano, they almost come into contact at the end of the race.
The Croatian finds Buongiorno, positioned to mark the whistled former Belotti, and moves Rodriguez to the outside of midfield, proposing Masina as his arm. For the rest it is the usual Toro as well as the same Fiorentina seen against Lazio, with Beltran supporting Gallo together with Gonzalez and Sottil and the Milenkovic-Ranieri pair in defense. The challenge opens with the organized support of the Marathon which does not display flags and banners in protest against the Daspo measures received in recent days. And the protest against President Cairo continues.
After 9 minutes Ilic comes out in tears due to a knee problem and Ricci comes in, Toro starts off strong: Zapata misses the target, Vlasic challenges Terracciano and Sanabria doesn’t find the winning deflection on a Bellanova cross. Fiorentina responds in the 25th minute with a header from Nico that goes just wide, then takes a big risk when Ranieri misses the save and leaves the field open for the 9th player, who misses the moment to shoot. At the end of the first half, everything happens and Toro gets furious with Marchetti: the referee first cancels Zapata’s advantage for a push against Milenkovic, then sends Ricci off for two yellows in two minutes with the second yellow card for protests which lights up the bench grenade. Juric redesigns the team with Gineitis in place of Sanabria, Italiano responds with Lopez and Barak for Arthur and Beltran.
The first chance of the second half goes to Bellanova, blocked for a corner by Terracciano, then Milinkovic-Savic overtakes a header from Bonaventura. The pace slows down and favors Toro, who manages to close in and not suffer too much by proposing a restart. The spirits of the two benches heated up again towards the end of the match, with Juric and Italiano almost coming into contact: the Croatian was sent off, the Viola booked. It ends at 0-0, the point leaves great awareness in Toro who remains in the wake of Europe and enormous regret for Fiorentina who is unable to take advantage of the 45 minutes played in numerical superiority. In the next round the Granata will go to Naples without Ricci and in all likelihood the injured Ilic, the Viola will have the Conference first leg away against Maccabi Haifa on Thursday and Roma at the Franchi next Sunday.
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