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Sunday February 17, 2008 Finished Artemio Franchi

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Fiorentina

  • Kuzmanovic 40’
  • Mutu 70’

Catania

  • Vargas 60’

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Fiorentina
    • Catania
    • 90'+4 There it is! All over in Florence and once again it's Adrian Mutu who proves to be the difference as his winner seals all three points for Fiorentina!
    • 90'+2 There's a bit of trouble here involving Mutu and Vargas... it stems from Mutu taking the mickey out of the Catania man out on the far side... just a bit of showboating, nothing more... anyway, it's all a storm in a teacup and only serves to run the clock down further.
    • 87' Credit to Catania... they have played really well this second half... and if it were not for Mutu's performance, they would probably deserve something from the game.
    • 85' Five minutes remaining, and it's looking like Fiorentina are set for all three points...
    • 80' Chance for Catania! Vargas brings Avramov into action with a fierce drive from a narrow angle! Corner to the visitors!
    • 78' Mutu goes into the book for not putting the ball where the ref wants on a free kick... he looks pretty miffed at that one...
    • 76' Fiorentina make another change... Semioli on for Santana...
    • 72' Fiorentina should go on now and seal all three points... Mutu's really deserved that goal - he's had a great game.
    • 71' GOAL! MUTU! What a strike to put Fiorentina back in the lead! He picks up the ball before advancing towards goal and unleashing an unstoppable shot into the top right corner! Polito no chance!
    • 69' This one's well up for grabs now... either side is more than capable of winning it.
    • 68' The ball falls for Martinez on the edge of the box! He has time to shape himself, but his volley is sliced and flies well wide of the post!
    • 67' Colucci off the bar! But it wouldn't have counted anyway... the flag was up about half an hour ago for offside.
    • 66' Colucci's through here! But he stands on the ball and the opportunity is wasted...
    • 65' Here's another change... off goes Montolivo and on comes Jorgensen!
    • 62' Oooh! Fiorentina are close to striking back, but Kuzmanovic's control lets him down when he needs it the most... the ball squirms free and Polito collects.
    • 61' Game on in Florence! Catania are a different side this half!
    • 60' GOAL! Catania equalise through Vargas! Incredible strike! The ball falls to him on the edge of the area and he lamps it with his left foot into the bottom right corner! They deserve that!
    • 59' Lovely turn again from Pazzini... but his shot is well blocked by Silvestri!
    • 58' Avramov looks a little shaky as the ball is pumped into the box... he races off his line to punch clear, but he gets nowhere near the ball... fortunately, his defenders do and it's cleared downfield.
    • 56' MUTU! The ball falls to him at the far post! He takes it on first time, but it's dragged back past Polito and wide of the mark!
    • 55' Frey can't carry on... enter Vlada Avramov!
    • 52' Catania are looking a lot better already this half... their link up play is much improved with Mascara making his presence known straight away.
    • 51' At the other end, Santana turns his man well but his little pass through for Pazzini is too long...
    • 50' Mascara and Vargas link up well on the Catania left... but Vargas's eventual cross is well overhit and Frey doesn't have to stretch his legs at all as the ball sails behind for a goal kick.
    • 47' Fiorentina sub keeper Vlada Avramov spent his half-time break warming up on the pitch, just in case Frey's hamstring problem becomes an issue...
    • 46' Back underway in Florence!
    • - A half-time change to tell you about... Mascara is on for Biagianti...
    • 45'+3 And there goes the whistle! Half time at the Artemio Franchi and the hosts head into the dressing rooms a goal to the good thanks to Zdravko Kuzmanovic's header!
    • 45'+2 Mutu's back on, but he's got a plaster or something behind his ear... must have been cut mid overhead-kick...
    • 45' Three minutes of added time to be played...
    • 44' Mutu's injured himself attempting that specactular effort... and he has to go off to receive a bit of treatment...
    • 43' Mutu! Oooh! Brilliant play from the Romanian! He takes down a cross on his chest before teeing himself up for an overhead kick with a bit of keepy-uppy on his knees... just over the bar!
    • 40' GOAL! Kuzmanovic puts the Viola into the lead with a downward header past Polito from Santana's cross! Awful marking from the Catania defenders but credit to Kuzmanovic, who makes no mistake!
    • 38' Lovely control from Pazzini... Baiocco hacks him down for showing him up....
    • 37' On comes the Fiorentina trainer to apply a bit of what looks like gaffer tape and spray some magic solution on Frey's thigh...
    • 36' Frey looks to be clutching his hamstring... could be problems for the Viola if it is indeed his hammy that has gone.
    • 33' This game hasn't really sparked into life yet... oh dear, there's Prandelli again in his ridiculous jacket... he's out on the touchline shouting instructions to his players, although how they take him seriously in that coat is beyond comprehension.
    • 31' Super play from Martinez under pressure from a number of tenacious Viola midfielders... nothing comes of it though.
    • 30' Half an hour gone and still no breakthrough in Florence...
    • 27' Mutu spins and lets fly! He's off balance and he drags his shot wide of the far post... He claims a corner, but the ref doesn't agree and it'll be a free kick to Catania...
    • 23' Could be an opening here for Fiorentina... Pazzini heads on but Mutu can't get there because the sizeable figure of Vargas is blocking his path...
    • 19' Mutu takes down a cross on his chest before swivelling and volleying goalwards! Deflected behind for a corner! Super skill from the number ten!
    • 18' The Stadio Artemio Franchi really is one of the most picturesque stadiums in Italy... obviously it doesn't come close to Siena's stadium of the same name, but it's still got great views of the Tuscan countryside if you're high enough up.
    • 17' Mutu suddenly breaks free.... he's onside! But that's good defending from Stovini who outmuscles the Fiorentina striker... and the ball rolls out for a Catania goal kick!
    • 15' Udinese have taken the lead against Reggina, Pepe scoring the first goal of the day in Italy.
    • 11' Baiocco looking for something from the referee here... surely that's not an imaginary yellow card he's waving? Think it is... he wants Donadel booked for some reason.
    • 9' Mutu and Pazzini link up well for the first time today... but the Romanian's final dinked pass through is slightly over-hit and Polito races off his line to claim! Promising from the hosts...
    • 8' Santana steals the ball off Izco and hares off to the byline... he shows off some silky skills as he tries to fool Vargas, but in the end he runs the ball out of play...
    • 6' No real action on the pitch to relate so far... it's all very subdued...
    • 5' Montolivo's taken a knock here and he'll just receive a bit of treatment on the sidelines for the next couple of minutes...
    • 4' Just something to mention - Cesare Prandelli, who is usually the best dressed man in Serie A, has clearly changed his stylist for today. He's sporting a terrible Michelin Man-style purple puffer jacket, only it's really tight. Truly shocking from the man who is normally a sartorial genius.
    • 3' Martinez caught inches offside... that was a decent ball played to him then... lucky for the Viola that the flag went up.
    • 2' Nice skills from Mutu early on... the Romanian's having a super season so far - he's netted 13 already this campaign.
    • 1' Here we go! Underway in Florence, in bright sunshine!
    • - Scrap that in fact... the teams have just come out and Martinez will lead the attack for Catania, alongside Pia and Colucci. So no place for Mascara...
    • - But Catania will not sit back and hope to weather the storm - the Sicilians have a three-pronged strike force as well, consisting of Martinez, Mascara and Colucci.
    • - Fiorentina boss Cesare Prandelli is sending out an attacking line-up to go for Catania's jugular - he's named an attacking trident of Sanata, Pazzini and Mutu.
    • - The Viola can reclaim fourth spot from Milan with anything from today's game, after the Rossoneri slipped up against Parma yesterday.
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of this afternoon's big game in Italy as Fiorentina take on Catania!

  • Team Stats

    Fiorentina Stats Catania
    58% Possession 41%
    17 Shots 13
    2 Shots on target 3
    2 Saves 0
    3 Corners 3
    17 Fouls 19
    1 Offsides 6
    3 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    26 Tackles 17
    295 Accurate passes 222
    68 Bad passes 38

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Fiorentina
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Sebastien Frey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
      5 Alessandro Gamberini 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18 0 0
      23 Manuel Pasqual 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 21 17 6
      6 Alessandro Potenza 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 19 1 5
      3 Dario Dainelli 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 29 4 3
      24 Mario Santana 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 23 3 0
      4 Marco Donadel 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 41 14 2
      18 Riccardo Montolivo 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 28 6 3
      22 Zdravko Kuzmanovic 1 2 1 2 3 0 0 35 1 2
      29 Giampaolo Pazzini 0 5 0 2 4 0 2 27 3 1
      10 Adrian Mutu 1 6 1 0 2 0 0 34 12 2
      11 Fabio Liverani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      99 Daniele Cacia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Franco Semioli 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 1
      25 Vlada Avramov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      2 Per Kroldrup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Martin Jorgensen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 1
      17 Papa Waigo N'Diaye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Catania
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      16 Ciro Polito 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0
      21 Cristian Silvestri 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 17 2 0
      7 Juan Vargas 1 5 2 3 0 0 0 26 7 1
      22 Pablo Alvarez 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 27 1 3
      6 Lorenzo Stovini 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 2 1
      9 Giuseppe Colucci 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 16 6 2
      17 Davide Baiocco 0 1 0 1 7 1 0 32 3 1
      27 Marco Biagianti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0
      13 Mariano Izco 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 33 9 2
      11 João Inacío Pià 0 2 1 3 1 2 0 6 0 1
      25 Jorge Andres Martinez 0 1 0 4 3 1 0 23 1 4
      18 Generoso Rossi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Matías Silvestre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Giuseppe Mascara 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 4 2
      23 Christian Terlizzi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Mark Edusei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Marcello Gazzola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Giacomo Tedesco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 80' Chance for Catania! Vargas brings Avramov into action with a fierce drive from a narrow angle! Corner to the visitors!
    • 71' GOAL! MUTU! What a strike to put Fiorentina back in the lead! He picks up the ball before advancing towards goal and unleashing an unstoppable shot into the top right corner! Polito no chance!
    • 60' GOAL! Catania equalise through Vargas! Incredible strike! The ball falls to him on the edge of the area and he lamps it with his left foot into the bottom right corner! They deserve that!
    • 56' MUTU! The ball falls to him at the far post! He takes it on first time, but it's dragged back past Polito and wide of the mark!
    • 43' Mutu! Oooh! Brilliant play from the Romanian! He takes down a cross on his chest before teeing himself up for an overhead kick with a bit of keepy-uppy on his knees... just over the bar!
    • 40' GOAL! Kuzmanovic puts the Viola into the lead with a downward header past Polito from Santana's cross! Awful marking from the Catania defenders but credit to Kuzmanovic, who makes no mistake!
    • 27' Mutu spins and lets fly! He's off balance and he drags his shot wide of the far post... He claims a corner, but the ref doesn't agree and it'll be a free kick to Catania...
    • 19' Mutu takes down a cross on his chest before swivelling and volleying goalwards! Deflected behind for a corner! Super skill from the number ten!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Luca Banti

  • Fiorentina

    Manager: Claudio Cesare Prandelli

    Captain: 1. Sébastien Frey

    On the Field

    • Frey Substitution Out (55′)
    • Potenza
    • Dainelli
    • Gamberini
    • Pasqual
    • Donadel Yellow Card
    • Kuzmanovic Goal
    • Montolivo Substitution Out (66′)
    • Santana Substitution Out (76′)
    • Pazzini
    • Mutu Goal Yellow Card

    Subs

    • 20. Jorgensen Substitution In (66′)
    • 7. Semioli Substitution In (76′)
    • 2. Kroldrup
    • 25. Avramov Substitution In (55′)
    • 20. Waigo
    • Cacia
    • Da Costa

    Injured

    • 32. Vieri
    • 19. Gobbi
    • 9. Osvaldo

    Suspended

    • 21. Ujfalusi

  • Catania

    Manager: Silvio Baldini

    Captain: 17. Davide Baiocco

    On the Field

    • Polito
    • Alvarez
    • Silvestri Yellow Card
    • Stovini
    • Vargas Goal
    • Baiocco
    • Izco
    • Biagianti Substitution Out (46′)
    • Martinez
    • Pià
    • Colucci

    Subs

    • 18. Rossi
    • 8. Edusei
    • 15. Tedesco
    • 10. Mascara Substitution In (46′)
    • 23. Terlizzi
    • Silvestre
    • 20. Gazzola

    Injured

    • 24. Spinesi
    • 3. Sabato
    • 2. Sardo
    • 15. Morimoto

    Suspended

    None