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 possibility to place the sport to mattress with a missed penalty from Lucas Beltran halfway by way of the second half.
There was , as he continues to get well from suffered through 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 an alternative.
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 inside the first minute, Zaniolo additionally tried from an early assault two minutes in.
The German would supply the Fiorentina benefit with lower than 10 minutes gone. Dodo confirmed a wonderful flip of tempo on the suitable flank to succeed in 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 in a position to 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 world.
La Viola had the chance to place the sport to mattress by way of 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 fallacious method, however hit the suitable submit and watched on because the ball rebounded out of the world.
Beltran struck the crossbar with a couple of minutes of standard 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 way of one-on-one with David De Gea, however couldn’t fairly bend his effort heading in the right direction, firing huge of the submit from 10 yards out.
Tonight’s outcome places Fiorentina as much as sixth place within the Serie A desk, however they might nonetheless be overtaken by Bologna relying on outcomes afterward this weekend.
Fiorentina 1-0 Lecce
Gosens 9’ (F).