Torino wins against Fiorentina at the Artemio-Franchi stadium

For the last meeting of the day in Serie A, counting for the 19th day, Fiorentina received Torino at the Artemio-Franchi stadium in Florence. Respectively 9th and 8th and therefore residents of the soft underbelly of the Italian championship, the two teams had to achieve a result to beat and distance a direct competitor for the qualifying places for the European cups at the end of the season. While the pace was rather shy at the start of the match despite a few saves from the Florentine goalkeeper on Turin strikes, the game definitely got carried away at the half-hour mark. Christian Kouamé was the first to be dangerous by taking over a fleeing cross but Vanja Milinkovic-Savic made a superb parry on the ground to get the ball out (30th). A few minutes later, the visitors opened the scoring thanks to a long and slender strike from Alexeï Mirantchouk who found the opposite corner of Pietro Terracciano (33rd, 1-0).

The Russian scored his 4th achievement of the season in Serie A for the occasion. The score then did not move until the break. When they returned from the locker room, despite the good intentions of the Fiorentina players, the Turinese kept this positive result. At the very end of the game, Christian Kouamé and his teammates set up a real siege around the opposing area but the Torino defense held firm thanks in particular to a concentrated Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (89th and 90th +1). Thanks to this victory, the players of Ivan Juric gain a place in the classification. For their part, the Florentines remain stuck in 9th place and lose precious points and see the qualifying places for the European cups slip away.

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