Serie A
Fiorentina 2-1 Roma: The Violas edged Mourinho’s team out of the top four
Roma’s attempt to reach the Champions League groups in the new season ran into trouble after Fiorentina eventually defeated them 2-1 and forced them to Europa League victory to climb into the top club competition.
THE Florence left Roma without a win for the seventh straight season in Serie A and the 2-1 With a twist at the end of the 37th match day, he finally let the “Giallorossi” out of the fight for the top four.
The game started optimally for the guests (with Dimitris Keramitsis to stay on the bench) at “Artemio Franki” after Erik Lamela scored the opening goal in the 11th minute of the game. The Violas appeared dejected after their midweek Coppa Italia final defeat by Inter Milan as meaningless possession failed to create chances.
Georginio Wijnaldum was the closest to the next goal, but Lucas Martinez saved from the line to level the score at 1-0.
Michele Cerofolini saved a long-range shot from Stephane El Saraoui, punishing the Romans for not securing victory.
In the 85th minute Luka Jovic equalized from close range to make it 1-1 and three minutes later Nanitamo Icone turned the tables and sent Fiorentina into the Europa Conference League just before clinching the title in the final.
Roma are eliminated from the top-four clash but can secure a ticket to the Champions League if they win their own European final against Sevilla in next Wednesday’s Europa League.
The results of the 37th race
- Salernitana-Udinese 3-2 (43′ Kastanos, 57′ Candreva, 90+6′ Trost Ekong / 25′ Zehelar, 30′ Nestorovski)
- Sampdoria-Sassuolo 2-2 (8′ Gabiandini, 78′ auto Erlich / 9′ Berardi, 11′ Enrique)
- Spezia – Turin 0-4 (24′ auto. Wisniewski, 72′ Ritchie, 76′ Ilic, 90+6′ Karamo)
- Fiorentina – Rome 2-1 (85′ Jovic, 88′ Icone / 11′ El Saraoui)
- 05/27 21:45 Inter – Atalanta
- 05/28 1:30 p.m Verona – Empoli
- 05/28 4 p.m Monza-Lecce
- 05/28 7:00 p.m Lazio – Cremonese
- 05/28 21:45 Juventus – Milan
The highlights
Sampdoria-Sassuolo 2-2
Spezia – Torino 0-4
Salernitana-Udinese 3-2
The program of the 38th match day
- 04.06 Atalanta-Monza
- 04.06 Cremonese – Salernitana
- 04.06 Empoli – Lazio
- 04.06 Naples – Sampdoria
- 04.06 Rome – Spezia
- 04.06 Lecce-Bologna
- 04.06 Sassuolo-Florence
- 04.06 Milan – Verona
- 04.06 Udinese – Juventus
Source: sport 24
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