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Saturday April 19, 2008 Finished Artemio Franchi

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Fiorentina

  • Donadel 29’

Palermo

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Fiorentina
    • Palermo
    • 90+5' The final whistle goes and Fiorentina hang on to strengthen their hold on fourth place and a Champions League place next season! Thanks for joining us, arrivederci!
    • 77' Miccoli strikes from distance. This time it's low and on target... Great save Frey. The rebound falls to BRESCIANHO... ANOTHER FINE SAVE AT THE NEAR POST!!
    • 75' Miccoli is standing over a free kick of his own now. He strikes... Miles over the bar!
    • 73' That was Pazzini's last contribution, as he is replaced by Christian Vieri. Mutu strikes the free kick... Punched away by Frey RIGHT TO VIERI... He knocks it wide! Vieri could have scored with his first touch! The veteran striker can't help but crack a wry smile!
    • 72' Pazzini is chasing down a long ball and goes down under the challenge of Rinaudo, who is already on a yellow card! HE'S OFF! The foul is judged to have been outside the area though.
    • 70' Some handbags between Pazzini and Cassani, and both get a yellow card. Fiorentina have a free kick out on the left, swung in to Pazzini at the near post but he can't glance his header on target.
    • 66' The introduction of Miccoli has injected some life into Palermo, who are playng for nothing more than pride from now until the end of the season.
    • 62' The ball is played across the edge of the Fiorentina box and it comes to Jankovic who SHOOTS... Good save Frey! He sprung out to cover his near post well.
    • 59' Much of the zip and spark that was in Palermo's early play has disappeared this half. Coach Colantuono attempts to address this by bringing on Miccoli for Caserta.
    • 53' mutu goes on a sensational run down the left wing, fighting off challenges as he goes. He cuts a ball back across goal from the byline but it's behind Pazzini and is hacked away.
    • 49' Rinaudo rams his knee into Pazzini's back as the two go up for a header, and is swiftly booked. Pazzini goes off the pitch for treatment, but will return shortly.
    • 46' The second half at the Stadio Artemio Franchi is underway!
    • 45+1' The referee's seen enough, and brings the first half to a close.
    • 45+1' Santana backheels to Jorgensen who tries a shot from outside the box.. He slices it and the ball goes out for a throw!
    • 39' Jankovic bursts past Pasqual down the right again. His shot deflects off Pasqual and flies across the face of goal and almost goes in!
    • 36' Fiorentina have a free kick in a good position, which Mutu will take. It's a good strike... Tipped over the bar by Agliardi!!
    • 34' Bresciano slips the ball through the Jankovic, who has to betackled at teh expense of a corner. Amauri gets his head to the set piece, but it's well wide of the near post.
    • 29' GOOOOOOOOOOL! Mutu has his shot in the Palermo area blocked, but the rebound falls to Donadel on the edge of the box and the midfielder fires a low shot in that beats Agliardi to give Fiorentina the lead!!
    • 27' The pace in this match is still pretty high, with play flowing from end-to-end. No real chances created for the past few minutes though.
    • 22' Zaccardo picks out Amauri with a cross, but it's just too high for the Brazilian.
    • 19' Mutu rises highest to get a header on goal... OFF THE POST!! now Pazzini cuts in to shoot... SAVED BY AGLIARDI!
    • 17' Palermo probably just shade it so far in what has been a lively encounter. They have a good spell of possession in the Fiorentina half, but it comes to an end as a sloppy pass from Guana goes out for a throw in.
    • 11' Bresciano spreads the play wide and the cross comes in for AMAURI TO HEAD... A powerful effort but straight at Frey!
    • 8' Fiorentina have a free kick out on the wing. Liverani swings it in and it's headed back to KUZMANOVIC... It hit a couple of bodies on the way through and Agliardi gets a hand to it!! Great Save!
    • 5' A great sweeping forward down the right wing by Palermo, invloving three or four of their players. They are rewarded with their first corner, but again it's cleared without too much trouble.
    • 4' Fiore win the first corner of the match, but it's dealt with well by the Palermo defence.
    • 2' Pazzini is fed on the break for Fiorentina. He checks his run and comes inside to SHOOT... over the target! A real high octane start to this match!
    • 1' Right away Bresciano bombs forward and gets his cross in for CASERTA... The forward had to react quickly and flicked his effort wide.
    • 1' Welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of Fiorentina v Palermo! La Viola can go some way to consolidating fourth place by going seven points clear of Milan with a win tonight, and who better to play at a time like this than Palermo, a team slap-bang in the middle of the table with nothing left to play for this season. Giampaolo Pazzini is preferred to Christian Vieri in the Fiore attack while another Itali-Aussie, Marco Bresciano, starts for Palermo. Referee Antonio Damato blows his whistle and this match is underway!

  • Team Stats

    Fiorentina Stats Palermo
    44% Possession 55%
    18 Shots 12
    6 Shots on target 5
    4 Saves 3
    8 Corners 10
    17 Fouls 22
    2 Offsides 2
    3 Yellow cards 5
    0 Red cards 1
    28 Tackles 14
    282 Accurate passes 368
    51 Bad passes 43

  • 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 8 4 0
      23 Manuel Pasqual 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 24 12 6
      21 Tomas Ujfalusi 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 26 5 0
      5 Alessandro Gamberini 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16 0 0
      24 Mario Santana 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 9 1 3
      11 Fabio Liverani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 6 0
      4 Marco Donadel 1 2 1 3 2 0 0 25 4 9
      22 Zdravko Kuzmanovic 0 1 1 8 3 0 0 36 1 4
      20 Martin Jorgensen 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 32 0 2
      29 Giampaolo Pazzini 0 5 1 2 6 0 0 10 1 0
      10 Adrian Mutu 0 5 2 2 1 0 0 34 9 2
      3 Dario Dainelli 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1
      19 Massimo Gobbi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Christian Vieri 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 0
      9 Pablo Daniel Osvaldo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Riccardo Montolivo 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 6 1
      25 Vlada Avramov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Franco Semioli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Palermo
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Federico Agliardi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0
      21 Giuseppe Biava 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 10 0 0
      42 Federico Balzaretti 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 37 12 1
      2 Cristian Zaccardo 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 57 1 1
      77 Leandro Rinaudo 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 17 0 1
      23 Mark Bresciano 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 35 12 2
      14 Roberto Guana 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 63 5 2
      8 Giulio Migliaccio 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 16 0 0
      17 Bosko Jankovic 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 34 2 2
      20 Fabio Caserta 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 15 5 0
      11 Carvalho De Oliveira Amauri 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 9 1 1
      10 Fabrizio Miccoli 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 18 2 0
      88 Samir Ujkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Edgar Cani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      53 Alberto Cossentino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Giovanni Tedesco 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 34 1 3
      22 Luca Di Matteo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Mattia Cassani 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 19 0 1

  • Summary

    • 77' Miccoli strikes from distance. This time it's low and on target... Great save Frey. The rebound falls to BRESCIANHO... ANOTHER FINE SAVE AT THE NEAR POST!!
    • 72' Pazzini is chasing down a long ball and goes down under the challenge of Rinaudo, who is already on a yellow card! HE'S OFF! The foul is judged to have been outside the area though.
    • 39' Jankovic bursts past Pasqual down the right again. His shot deflects off Pasqual and flies across the face of goal and almost goes in!
    • 36' Fiorentina have a free kick in a good position, which Mutu will take. It's a good strike... Tipped over the bar by Agliardi!!
    • 29' GOOOOOOOOOOL! Mutu has his shot in the Palermo area blocked, but the rebound falls to Donadel on the edge of the box and the midfielder fires a low shot in that beats Agliardi to give Fiorentina the lead!!
    • 19' Mutu rises highest to get a header on goal... OFF THE POST!! now Pazzini cuts in to shoot... SAVED BY AGLIARDI!
    • 11' Bresciano spreads the play wide and the cross comes in for AMAURI TO HEAD... A powerful effort but straight at Frey!
    • 8' Fiorentina have a free kick out on the wing. Liverani swings it in and it's headed back to KUZMANOVIC... It hit a couple of bodies on the way through and Agliardi gets a hand to it!! Great Save!
    • 2' Pazzini is fed on the break for Fiorentina. He checks his run and comes inside to SHOOT... over the target! A real high octane start to this match!
    • 1' Right away Bresciano bombs forward and gets his cross in for CASERTA... The forward had to react quickly and flicked his effort wide.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Antonio Damato

  • Fiorentina

    Manager: Claudio Cesare Prandelli

    Captain: 4. Marco Donadel

    On the Field

    • Frey
    • Jorgensen
    • Ujfalusi Substitution Out (33′)
    • Gamberini
    • Pasqual
    • Liverani Substitution Out (60′)
    • Donadel Goal Yellow Card
    • Kuzmanovic
    • Santana
    • Mutu
    • Pazzini Yellow Card Substitution Out (73′)

    Subs

    • 3. Dainelli Substitution In33′
    • 32. Vieri Substitution In73′
    • 7. Semioli
    • 19. Gobbi
    • 25. Avramov
    • 18. Montolivo Substitution In60′
    • 9. Osvaldo

    Injured

    • 2. Kroldrup
    • Cacia
    • Da Costa

    Suspended

    None

  • Palermo

    Manager: Stefano Colantuono

    On the Field

    • Agliardi
    • Zaccardo Yellow Card
    • Rinaudo Red Card
    • Biava Yellow Card Substitution Out (56′)
    • Balzaretti
    • Guana
    • Migliaccio Substitution Out (41′)
    • Jankovic
    • Bresciano Yellow Card
    • Caserta Substitution Out (60′)
    • Amauri Yellow Card

    Subs

    • 4. Tedesco Substitution In41′
    • 10. Miccoli Substitution In60′
    • 16. Cassani Substitution In56′ Yellow Card
    • 88. Ujkani
    • 53. Cossentino
    • 22. Di Matteo
    • 9. Cani

    Injured

    • 12. Fontana
    • 3. Capuano
    • 30. Simplicio

    Suspended

    None