Fiorentina resisted the Bologna fightback to safe a 3-2 victory and leapfrog the Rossoblu within the desk with Fabiano Parisi, Amir Richardson and Moise Kean targets.
The Viola noticed their marketing campaign falling aside after the Convention League semi-final defeat to Actual Betis and back-to-back Serie A losses to Roma and Venezia. Lucas Beltran, Nicolò Zaniolo and Michael Folorunsho had been , with Danilo Cataldi, Moise Kean and Albert Gudmundsson not totally match. Bologna, then again, had been celebrating and coach Vincenzo Italiano returned to the Stadio Franchi with out injured Martin Erlic, Jens Odgaard and Estanis Pedrola.
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Bologna had a vibrant begin regardless of their midweek exertions, Santiago Castro’s shot charged down by Pietro Comuzzo and the striker’s first contact then letting him down on the Dan Ndoye counter-attack.
Fabiano Parisi gathered in midfield and shrugged off a problem, surging by way of the centre and receiving a little bit of luck when his end took a giant deflection to wrong-foot Lukasz Skorupski.
David De Gea palmed the Ndoye effort, however Fiorentina misplaced Comuzzo to harm earlier than half-time.
Giovanni Fabbian drilled simply huge and Nicolò Fagioli had penalty appeals rejected for a coming along with Jhon Lucumi.
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Bologna drew stage with their substitutes, as Riccardo Orsolini whipped in a cross for the glancing Thijjs Dallinga header to wrong-foot De Gea.
FLORENCE, ITALY – MAY 18: Moise Kean of ACF Fiorentina and Davide Calabria of Bologna FC 1909 appears on in the course of the Serie A match between Fiorentina and Bologna at Stadio Artemio Franchi on Could 18, 2025 in Florence, Italy. (Photograph by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Photographs)
It didn’t final lengthy, as Parisi burst down the left and compelled a save on the close to publish, with Skorupski solely parrying it into the trail of Amir Richardson to attain from 10 yards.
Bologna replied once more, as Ndoye dribbled down the left and pulled again from the by-line to seek out Orsolini unmarked for the simplest of tap-ins.
epa12114986 Bologna’s Thijs Dallinga (L) celebrates along with his teammates after scoring the 1-1 aim in the course of the Italian Serie A soccer match between ACF Fiorentina and Bologna FC, in Florence, Italy, 18 Could 2025. EPA-EFE/CLAUDIO GIOVANNINI
It remained huge open, Fiorentina taking the lead for the third time when Rolando Mandragora nodded on an extended ball for Moise Kean to shrug off two defenders, check Skorupski and switch within the rebound on the second time of asking.
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Juan Miranda noticed purple for Bologna late on, as he lashed out an elbow into the face of Mandragora.
Fiorentina 3-2 Bologna
Parisi 13 (F), Dallinga 61 (B), Richardson 68 (F), Orsolini 80 (B), Kean 84 (F)
Despatched off: Miranda 88 (B)
