Fiorentina picked up a 1-0 victory over Lecce in on Friday night because of Robin Gosens’s early opener, however the Viola missed a chance to place the sport to mattress with a missed penalty from Lucas Beltran halfway by the second half.
There was , as he continues to recuperate from suffered in the course of the 1-0 loss in opposition to Hellas Verona on Sunday. Raffaele Palladino switched to a 3-5-2 and named Beltran and Nicolo Zaniolo up entrance as a substitute.
There was additionally a Serie A debut for Italy U21 star Cher Ndour in midfield, and a full Viola debut for Pablo Mari at centre-back.
It was all Fiorentina early on: Gosens burst forwards and tried a low cross in from the left throughout the first minute, Zaniolo additionally tried from an early assault two minutes in.
The German would offer the Fiorentina benefit with lower than 10 minutes gone. Dodo confirmed a superb flip of tempo on the correct flank to achieve the byline, the place he stood up a cross for his fellow wing-back to nod in on the again submit for 1-0.
There have been ideas that Beltran ought to have been despatched off for a second bookable offence on Balthazar Pierret, however play was allowed to proceed for a Lecce benefit, and the VAR just isn’t capable of intervene on a yellow card offence, so the Argentine escaped with out additional punishment.
Fiorentina appeared to begin the second half in the identical method they did the primary: With a Dodo cross in from the left for one in all his teammates within the center, however Beltran headed simply over from the centre of the realm.
La Viola had the chance to place the sport to mattress through the penalty spot after a double mixture from Gosens and Nicolo Fagioli.
The pair mixed to win a nook, Fagioli delivered, Gosens flicked it on and struck the raised arm of Pierret within the space. Beltran stepped up, despatched Falcone the improper method, however hit the correct submit and watched on because the ball rebounded out of the realm.
Beltran struck the crossbar with a couple of minutes of normal time remaining, following a Fiorentina free-kick which was taken brief from the byline.
Lecce instantly broke on the counter assault and Danilo Veiga, who had come on simply earlier than the Viola free-kick, was despatched by one-on-one with David De Gea, however couldn’t fairly bend his effort on track, firing extensive of the submit from 10 yards out.
Tonight’s end result places Fiorentina as much as sixth place within the Serie A desk, however they may nonetheless be overtaken by Bologna relying on outcomes in a while this weekend.
Fiorentina 1-0 Lecce
Gosens 9’ (F).