Napoli with a 2-0 win over Fiorentina reach to 3rd place, Juventus slips to 5th.
Napoli beats Fiorentina: The results of Fiorentina vs Napoli in the Italian League continued with the final score of 2-0 for the Partenopei victory on Sunday (16/5).
Playing at the Artemio Franchi, Napoli, which needs a win in order to secure the top four of the Italian League, continues to press Fiorentina. However, the hosts managed to score a goal from Dusan Vlahovic in the 13th minute. Unfortunately, his goal then disallowed after he considered offside.
Napoli also had 4 opportunities on target, 1 of which hit the crossbar through Lorenzo Insigne’s shot. But from these opportunities the football club nicknamed Partenopei was unable to break into Fiorentina’s goal until the first half ended which ended 0-0.
After the break, Napoli returned to attack with Fiorentina occasionally giving threats. However, Lorenzo Insigne scored a goal from the spot in the 56th minute. After that, it was Piotr Zielinski’s turn to double the lead in the 67th minute.
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Until the match was over, no more goals were created. With the result, Fiorentina vs Napoli, which was won by the football club named Partenopei with a score of 2-0. It has placed them in third place in the Italian League standings and packing 76 points.
While Fiorentina still stuck in 13th place. On the other hand. The victory of Gennaro Gattuso’s team makes Juventus or AC Milan threatened to fail to play in the Champions League next season.
The course of the matchÂ
First roundÂ
Since the early minutes Napoli immediately stepped on the gas and got a free kick when the game had only been running for four minutes. Unfortunately, Bakayoko’s header was still weak. After that Napoli continued to exert pressure. They also have two chances from Zielinski and Fabian’s feet. However, in a minute the goalkeeper Fiorentina was able to thwart well.
After getting the pressure, it was Fiorentina’s turn to immediately launch a fast counter attack from the left side through the feet of Cristiano Biraghi. Dusan Vlahhovic, who received feedback from his team-mate, managed to break into Napoli’s goal with a header in the 13th minute, but the referee canceled the goal because the linesman judged the striker to be caught offside.
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The 20th minute, starting from a corner, Napoli have a chance from Bakayoko’s header and his header is still soaring over the Pietro Terracciano crossbar. Three minutes later Fiofentina had a chance from a free kick after Ribery was brought down by Rrahmani. However, Biraghi who took the kick was unable to carry out his duties. The reason is, the ball soars high.
In the 30th minute Fiorentina has a chance from the feet of Franck Ribery, but his left-footed shot is still slow and is well caught by Alex Meret. After that, Napoli launched another attack and the Napoli player was brought down near the Fiorentina area. Lorenzo Insigne, who took a shot, still hit the crossbar on the left.
Ahead of halftime, Napoli still dominated the game but no goals were scored. Until the referee blew the whistle the first half ended the result of Fiorentina vs Napoli in the Italian League continued was closed 0-0.
Second roundÂ
Early in the second half, the tempo of the game was high and Napoli continued to pose a threat. Starting from a corner kick Amir Rrahmani was pulled by his shirt in the forbidden box by Nikola Milenkovic until he fell. After having had some debate and seeing the VAR replay, the referee finally declared it a penalty.
Lorenzo Insigne, who ran as an exporter, almost failed to carry out his duties. Because, his kick was able to be pushed over by Pietro Terracciano. Unfortunately, the goalkeeper’s edge ball was put to good use again by Insigne. The score was 1-0 in the 56th minute.
After conceding, Fiotentina responded with shots from Franck Ribery and Bonaventura. Unfortunately, he hasn’t been able to beat Napoli’s goal. After that, it was Napoli’s turn to put pressure on the Fiorentina defense and Lorenzo Insigne had another chance by releasing a horizontal shot to the left side. However, his shot still hit the goalpost.
Napoli continue to launch attacks on the Fiorentina defense. The result that Piotr Zielinski scored a goal in the 67th minute after receiving a horizontal pass from Lorenzo Insigne. After 75 minutes it was Fiorentina’s turn to provide threats to Napoli’s defense. But the Partenopei players calmly warded off every attack made by Ribery and colleagues.
Until the 85th minute there were no additional goals scored. But the two teams continued to buy and sell attacks. Until the referee blew the second half, the results of Fiorentina vs Napoli in the Serie A continued, closed 2-0 for the Partenopei victory.
