Fiorentina – Milan 2-1: The viola beat Menian and took important three points

THE Florence brake Milan and bend the excellent Mike Menian in “Artemio Franki”. The 2-1 in Florence on Matchday 25 of Serie A, brought the “Violas” back into the fight for Europe and dealt a powerful blow to the “Rossoneri”, who are fighting for a place in the top four.

The game had a good pace and started with the home side creating cracks in the Rossoneri defence. Fikayo Tomori’s tackle on the line prevented Fiorentina from scoring an early goal, but the chances remained and Menian had to show his class.

In the 13th minute, play was stopped for a standing ovation for Davide Astori, the Fiorentina captain (who came through AC Milan’s academy) who died five years ago today, and then resumed, with the home side having the upper hand.

Milan failed to threaten Pietro Terazziano’s goal and justice was served early in the second half when Tomori brought down Jonathan Icone and Nico Gonzalez scored from a penalty to make it 1-0.

This goal woke up the Italian champions, who created the first chances after 15 minutes but didn’t find their way into the net. Entry from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Divok Origi didn’t help Milan, who saw the violas take the reins again in the final half-hour.

Menian returned to the game but was unable to stop Luka Jovic’s 87th-minute header that sealed the win. The only thing the “Rosoneri” managed to do was reduce in the last phase of the game with Teo Hernandez.

The results of the 25th race

• Naples – Lazio 0-1 (67′ Vesino)
• Monza-Empoli 2-1 (19′ Tsiuria, 67′ Izzo / 51′ Satriano)
• Atalanta-Udinese 0-0
• Florence – Milan 2-1 (49′ Gonzalez, 87′ Jovic / 90′ + 5′ Hernandez)
• 03.05. 1:30 p.m Spezia Verona
• 03.05. 16:00 Sampdoria Salernitana
• 03.05. 19:00 Inter-Lecce
• 03.05. 21:45 Rome – Juventus
• 06/03 19:30 Sassuolo – Cremonese
• 06/03 21:45 Turin-Bologna

The highlights

Napoli – Lazio 0-1

Monza-Empoli 2-1

Atalanta – Udinese 0-0

The program of the 26th match day

• 03.10 21:45 Spezia – Inter
• 03.11 16:00 Empoli-Udinese
• 03.11 19:00 Naples – Atalanta
• 03.11 21:45 Bologna – Lazio
• 03.12 13:30 Lecce – Turin
• 03.12 16:00 Cremonese – Fiorentina
• 03.12 16:00 Verona-Monza
• 03.12 19:00 Rome – Sassuolo
• 03.12 21:45 Juventus-Sampdoria
• 03/13 21:45 Milan – Salernitana