In the Italian Championship, the home team comes out ahead, taking the upset with a ridiculous goal. but scores two goals in stoppage time to win 3-2
Photo: Disclosure / Lecce – Caption: Piccoli celebrates Lecce’s second goal. Almost immediately, the home team would turn the game around / Play10
In a game of many hesitations and two comebacks, this Friday (3/2), in the opening of the 23rd round of the Italian Championship, Lecce, at home, beat Fiorentina 3-2. The duel at Via del Mare was a catharsis for local fans. After all, until the 46th minute of the final stage, the team lost 2-1, with the second goal coming from an unforgivable mistake by their goalkeeper. But Fiorentina were too soft in stoppage time, conceding two goals. For Lecce, Oudin, Piccolo and Dorgu scored. Fiorentina’s goals came from Mandragora and Beltrán.
Fiorentina, therefore, remains with 35 points and loses the chance to enter the G4 (Champions zone). He is in seventh place and could fall two positions at the end of the round. Lecce, who played a good game and deserved to win, have 24 points, in 13th.
Fiorentina comes back and turns the game around
Lecce, at home, always looked for finishing. Tanto took almost twice as many shots on goal during the duel (16 to 9), although Fiorentina had more possession (56%). In the first minutes, the home team was better and soon reached the goal. At ten, Almqvist was fouled by Martínez almost on the edge of the box. But VAR took four minutes to analyze whether or not it was a penalty. Anyway, it was missed. Two more minutes of catimba for the penalty and Oudin’s accurate shot came that put Lecce ahead. Thus, 1-0 was the score of the first half.
In the final stage, after five minutes, Mandragora had the ball at the edge of the area and sent a dry shot. He died in the left corner of goalkeeper Falcone and the game was tied. At 22, Fiorentina’s turnaround came. Falcone and defender Baschirotto played the ball in the area until Beltrán appeared. Falcone, instead of taking a shot, tried a short pass. At the enemy’s feet. 2 to 1.
Lecce comeback in stoppage time
Lecce went forward and Terracciano tried to make two saves that seemed to guarantee the triumph of the Florence team. However, at 46, a shot from the left was poorly hit by striker Nzola. He went to help the defense and gave a header that turned into an assist for Piccoli, with a header, leaving everything equal. He did justice and was already a cause for celebration in Lecce. However, given the exit, the home team recovered the ball. At the end of the play, Patrick Dorgu took advantage of goalkeeper Terracciano’s free kick after Krstoviv’s shot and scored the comeback goal. End of the game. Lecce fans and players celebrated as if it were a title game.
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