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Fiorentina

  • Kuzmanovic 69’
  • Montolivo 81’

Everton

  1. Fiorentina dominate Everton

    Fiorentina dominate Everton

    Fiorentina bossed Everton with a 2-0 home win in their UEFA Cup last 16 first leg clash. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Fiorentina
    • Everton
    • 90+4 And that is the final whistle, Everton face a big, big ask if they're going to get past Fiorentina, who win 2-0 on the night!
    • 90+3 Gobbi sees yellow, free kick to Everton which Neville will hoist into the area, but straight at Frey.
    • 90+2 Arteta with the cross to the far post which Lescott rises to meet but Ujfalusi does just enough to put him off and the ball lands on the roof of the net.
    • 90+1 Yobo comes across Pazzini to try and head clear and takes him out but Howard catches the ball and the ref waves play on.
    • 89' Four minutes added time to be played.
    • 87' Everton step up too early and Santana is onside and must score but the finish with the outside of his boot curls inches wide of the far post with Howard stranded! Should have been three.
    • 84' Good play by Lescott on the left but Ujfalusi is back to block... out side to Arteta now, and Yakubu wins a corner. Taken quickly and Fiorentina clear.
    • 81' Throw-in on the right, Santana gets it on the goalline and knocks it back to Jorgensen who flicks it on AND MONTOLIVIO WITH THE LOW VOLLEY MAKES IT 2-0!! Lovely goal.
    • 79' Pasquale latches onto an error by Cahill but Neville gets back to clear, ball sent in long by Jorgensen and Pazzini flies in to catch Jagielka as the Everton man headed clear.
    • 77' Cross in from Pasquale to Montolivio who tries the volley but misses.
    • 74' FIORENTINA SUB: Mario Santana on for Osvaldo.
    • 71' Cahill's ball drops behind Arteta but CARSLEY WITH A SHOT blocked and Fiorentina clear..
    • 69' Shot from Montolivio is blocked, Ujfalusi on the edge of the box, he plays it back to the edge of the box and KUZMANOVIC WITH A SUPERB LOW DRIVE INTO THE BOTTOM RIGHT FOR 1-0!
    • 68' FIORENTINA SUB: Pazzini on for Vieri. Like for like, give or take over a decade.
    • 67' Great move by Everton breaks down when Pienaar's crossfield pass is too long for Hibbert.
    • 65' Corner to Everton, cleared but lofted in by Carsley and Cahill with an incredible bicycle kick into the back of the net but the flag was already up.
    • 64' Fiorentina are given a break when Pienaar is somewhat harshly adjudged to have fouled Ujfalusi.
    • 62' Fiorentina with more pressure, Montolivio tries a shot but shanks it so badly it becomes a great pass for Ujfalusi but Yobo slides in to put it out for a throw. Everton under the cosh.
    • 60' T-Ho turned 29 today and gets a present from the ref - a booking for time-wasting.
    • 59' Vieri is played in, great first touch and superb strength before hammering a right-foot shot in well-saved by Howard but Everton are lax trying to clear with Yobo putting it to Jorgensen who tees it up and KUZMANOVIC but another wonderful save by Howard!! Way to hustle.
    • 58' Dainelli makes a mistake to let Yakubu in, then clips his heels. Free kick to Everton on the right, Arteta floats it in for Yobo and Frey can only punch, the ball comes back at Fiorentina and Arteta tries to loop a header over Frey but he catches.
    • 56' EVERTON SUB: Arteta makes his return from groin injury and comes on for Osman.
    • 55' Dainelli receives treatment for his nosebleed.. he's ok now and play resumes.
    • 53' Yakubu in space on the right, Dainelli is down holding his face but the ref waves play on and Yakubu holds it up, slides it in for Osman who shoots but it's blocked and Fiorentina whack it out... Dainelli has a nosebleed after being inadvertently caught by Cahill when challenging for a header.
    • 51' Carsley gives the ball away on the edge of his area to Kuzmanovic, he gets the block in though, corner Fiorentina... Everton struggling to keep their feet on the ball.
    • 49' Vieri gets away from Hibbert but he goes too deep to the byline but chips a superb cross to the back stick and Yobo misses it but behind by Neville, corner.
    • 48' Crashing drive from Montolivio which Howard only just manages to palm behind for a corner!
    • 47' The corner is cleared but Everton close down everything and win it back... Lescott wins a throw on the left, which looked like a Fiorentina ball.. Lescott again but his cross is straight at Frey.
    • 46' The ball catches Donadel on the arm and Everton ask for a penalty but it was inadvertent and a corner is awarded.
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 45+2 Half-time, 0-0 in Florence and Everton will be happier with that half-time scoreline.
    • 45+1 Osman over-runs the ball instead of playing it back to Hibbert and he gives away a throw, but the ball is headed back to Howard by Lescott.
    • 45' Everton break, Cahill to Pienaar who stands it up and plays Cahill through and he scores but the flag is up, he was well off, Yakubu and Osman perplexed as to why Pienaar chose that option when they were free.
    • 43' The corner almost causes havoc but Hibbert I think manages to hack it clear. Everton not looking so hot.
    • 43' Great ball through to Vieri who is in behind Jagielka and must finish but a superb save by Howard!! Corner Fiorentina.
    • 42' Jorgensen has cut inside permanently now, to Vieri who slides the ball through to Osvaldo but if there's one thing that Yobo has it is pace, he slides in to put it out.
    • 40' Pienaar catches Ujfalusi slightly with his hand and the Czech goes down like he's been shot, resulting in a set-to between the pair. I think a card has been shown...
    • 39' Jorgensen slides in to keep a long ball in play on the left and PASQUALE FLIES IN but he hammers it over! Vieri is pretty annoyed as he was free.
    • 38' Frey clears long and Vieri is caught offside off Osvaldo's flick on.
    • 36' Frey is sold short by Dainelli with a poor back pass and Yakubu can be in here but catches Frey, who goes down very heavily resulting in a yellow for Yakubu, lucky for Fiorentina that he did catch him as Cahill was there to chip the rebound home.
    • 33' The free-kick takes a touch off the wall and Everton break, Cahill on the halfway line with a heavy touch but it can play him in, although he slides in late on Ujfalusi, that is a foul, free kick Fiorentina.
    • 32' Fiorentina come forward but a great tackle by Carsley to dispossess Montilivio on the edge of the box but a quite dreadful decision by the ref to give a free kick. Come on man, that's professional misconduct, he won the ball, did not touch the man and came in one-footed from the front.
    • 29' Lescott lets the ball slip through his legs but Vieri was offside, luckily for the Everton defender, playing left back today. Carsley "has a word" with his team-mate about that one.
    • 28' Vieri nutmegs Jagielka and goes wide for Jorgensen in space but the Dane wastes the chance to put a good ball in and meat and drink for Howard.
    • 26' Lescott keeps the ball in on the left and chips a great back-post cross for CAHILL FLYING IN but headed behind by Pasquale!
    • 24' Jagielka misjudges the wind and puts the ball out for a corner... Jorgensen sends it far post for Vieri, but Jagielka heads clear, now Montilivio with a great far post cross but just too long for Osvaldo!
    • 23' Pasquale on the overlap from left back, he sends a quite brilliant cross for JORGENSEN WITH THE FLICK but Howard is well-placed to hold on. Good play from the Italians.
    • 21' Good run by Kuzmanovic, plays it wide for Ujfalusi with the cross AND OSVALDO FLIES IN but well punched clear by Howard, good goalkeeping.
    • 18' Everton launch it, Lescott at the far post flicks it to Cahill flying in but the whistle has gone, a push by the former Wolves man.
    • 17' Lescott caught just offside on the left hand overlap, Osman was in space on the right though and was screaming for Pienaar to find him.
    • 16' Corner swung into the box and Cahill meets it, half-hearted appeals for a handball from a purple shirt but nothing given and the hosts clear.
    • 15' Osman draws a foul from Donadel, free-kick to Everton on the right... played short to Hibbert who wins a corner.
    • 14' Some respite for Everton but the flick on from Lescott gettin forward is too heavy for Cahill. Fiorentina break and almost a chance for Osvaldo but his header is straight at Howard.
    • 13' Vieri will take this... but a very poor effort dragged weak and far wide.
    • 12' Jagielka penalised for a pull on Vieri, free-kick to Fiorentina about 30 yards out...
    • 10' Everton counter from that and Yakubu is played in, he muscles past Ujfalusi and could get one-on-one but a poor touch lets him down and Fiorentina clear.
    • 9' Pasquale again in space on the left, sends a low ball in for Osvaldo with the backheel for VIERI WHO SHOOTS but he drags it wide! Good chance Fiorentina.
    • 6' Another worrying moment for Everton as Vieri is found in space on the left, his low cross hacked away desperately by Jagielka. Fiorentina definitely getting the better of these early exchanges.
    • 4' Pasquale on the left with a testing ball in for Vieri but Howard dives out well to claim.
    • 3' Good move by Fiorentina, Kuzmanovic and Vieri interplaying with Monotlivio but hacked away...
    • 1' First half underway!
    • - TOFFEES NEWS: Mikel Arteta wins a place on the bench after recovering from injury, Leon Osman continuing in midfield. Phil Jagielka gets another start for Everton.
    • - VIOLA NEWS: So Per Koldrup is on the bench against his former club, while Christian Vieri's English-speaking ability no doubt gives him the edge over Giampaolo Pazzini for the Fiorentina striker's berth.
    • - Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)
    • - EVERTON TEAM: Howard, Hibbert, Yobo, Jagielka, Lescott, Osman, Neville, Carsley, Pienaar, Cahill, Yakubu; Subs: Wessels, Baines, Arteta, Johnson, Gravesen, Anichebe, Gosling
    • - FIORENTINA TEAM: Frey, Ujfalusi, Gamberini, Dainelli, Pasqual, Kuzmanovic, Donadel, Montolivo, Jorgensen, Vieri, Osvaldo; Subs: Avramov, Kroldrup, Potenza, Gobbi, Santana, Pazzini, Cacia

  • Team Stats

    Fiorentina Stats Everton
    50% Possession 49%
    19 Shots 6
    8 Shots on target 1
    1 Saves 4
    5 Corners 5
    24 Fouls 17
    4 Offsides 4
    2 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    12 Tackles 19
    273 Accurate passes 264
    54 Bad passes 50

  • 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 1 0 0 4 0 0
      5 Alessandro Gamberini 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 24 1 0
      23 Manuel Pasqual 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 16 11 2
      21 Tomas Ujfalusi 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 21 0 1
      3 Dario Dainelli 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 25 3 2
      4 Marco Donadel 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 37 9 0
      18 Riccardo Montolivo 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 50 10 2
      22 Zdravko Kuzmanovic 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 26 3 2
      20 Martin Jorgensen 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 20 2 2
      9 Pablo Daniel Osvaldo 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 16 6 0
      32 Christian Vieri 0 4 2 0 3 2 0 18 4 1
      19 Massimo Gobbi 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0
      99 Daniele Cacia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Alessandro Potenza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      29 Giampaolo Pazzini 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 11 2 0
      2 Per Kroldrup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Vlada Avramov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Mario Santana 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
    • Everton
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      24 Tim Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 0
      5 Joleon Lescott 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 27 7 3
      2 Tony Hibbert 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 1 0
      4 Joseph Yobo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 1 1
      17 Tim Cahill 0 1 0 7 3 3 0 26 5 2
      16 Phil Jagielka 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 29 8 2
      26 Lee Carsley 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 32 6 4
      18 Philip Neville 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 29 6 3
      21 Leon Osman 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 11 0 2
      20 Steven Pienaar 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 18 9 1
      22 Yakubu Aiyegbeni 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 19 4 0
      8 Andrew Johnson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0
      33 Stefan Wessels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Mikel Arteta 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 16 1 1
      32 Dan Gosling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Leighton Baines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Victor Anichebe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Thomas Gravesen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 87' Everton step up too early and Santana is onside and must score but the finish with the outside of his boot curls inches wide of the far post with Howard stranded! Should have been three.
    • 81' Throw-in on the right, Santana gets it on the goalline and knocks it back to Jorgensen who flicks it on AND MONTOLIVIO WITH THE LOW VOLLEY MAKES IT 2-0!! Lovely goal.
    • 69' Shot from Montolivio is blocked, Ujfalusi on the edge of the box, he plays it back to the edge of the box and KUZMANOVIC WITH A SUPERB LOW DRIVE INTO THE BOTTOM RIGHT FOR 1-0!
    • 65' Corner to Everton, cleared but lofted in by Carsley and Cahill with an incredible bicycle kick into the back of the net but the flag was already up.
    • 59' Vieri is played in, great first touch and superb strength before hammering a right-foot shot in well-saved by Howard but Everton are lax trying to clear with Yobo putting it to Jorgensen who tees it up and KUZMANOVIC but another wonderful save by Howard!! Way to hustle.
    • 58' Dainelli makes a mistake to let Yakubu in, then clips his heels. Free kick to Everton on the right, Arteta floats it in for Yobo and Frey can only punch, the ball comes back at Fiorentina and Arteta tries to loop a header over Frey but he catches.
    • 53' Yakubu in space on the right, Dainelli is down holding his face but the ref waves play on and Yakubu holds it up, slides it in for Osman who shoots but it's blocked and Fiorentina whack it out... Dainelli has a nosebleed after being inadvertently caught by Cahill when challenging for a header.
    • 49' Vieri gets away from Hibbert but he goes too deep to the byline but chips a superb cross to the back stick and Yobo misses it but behind by Neville, corner.
    • 48' Crashing drive from Montolivio which Howard only just manages to palm behind for a corner!
    • 43' Great ball through to Vieri who is in behind Jagielka and must finish but a superb save by Howard!! Corner Fiorentina.
    • 39' Jorgensen slides in to keep a long ball in play on the left and PASQUALE FLIES IN but he hammers it over! Vieri is pretty annoyed as he was free.
    • 26' Lescott keeps the ball in on the left and chips a great back-post cross for CAHILL FLYING IN but headed behind by Pasquale!
    • 23' Pasquale on the overlap from left back, he sends a quite brilliant cross for JORGENSEN WITH THE FLICK but Howard is well-placed to hold on. Good play from the Italians.
    • 21' Good run by Kuzmanovic, plays it wide for Ujfalusi with the cross AND OSVALDO FLIES IN but well punched clear by Howard, good goalkeeping.
    • 9' Pasquale again in space on the left, sends a low ball in for Osvaldo with the backheel for VIERI WHO SHOOTS but he drags it wide! Good chance Fiorentina.
    • 6' Another worrying moment for Everton as Vieri is found in space on the left, his low cross hacked away desperately by Jagielka. Fiorentina definitely getting the better of these early exchanges.
    • - EVERTON TEAM: Howard, Hibbert, Yobo, Jagielka, Lescott, Osman, Neville, Carsley, Pienaar, Cahill, Yakubu; Subs: Wessels, Baines, Arteta, Johnson, Gravesen, Anichebe, Gosling
    • - FIORENTINA TEAM: Frey, Ujfalusi, Gamberini, Dainelli, Pasqual, Kuzmanovic, Donadel, Montolivo, Jorgensen, Vieri, Osvaldo; Subs: Avramov, Kroldrup, Potenza, Gobbi, Santana, Pazzini, Cacia

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Paul Allaerts

  • Fiorentina

    Manager: Claudio Cesare Prandelli

    Captain: 3. Dario Dainelli

    On the Field

    • Frey
    • Ujfalusi
    • Dainelli
    • Gamberini
    • Pasqual
    • Kuzmanovic Goal Substitution Out (75′)
    • Donadel
    • Montolivo Goal
    • Jorgensen
    • Vieri Substitution Out (67′)
    • Osvaldo Substitution Out (73′)

    Subs

    • 19. Gobbi Substitution In (75′) Yellow Card
    • 2. Kroldrup
    • 25. Avramov
    • 24. Santana Substitution In (73′)
    • 29. Pazzini Substitution In (67′)
    • 6. Potenza
    • Cacia

    Injured

    • 10. Mutu
    • 11. Liverani
    • 7. Semioli

    Suspended

    None

  • Everton

    Manager: David Moyes

    Captain: Philip Neville

    On the Field

    • Howard Yellow Card
    • Hibbert Substitution Out (73′)
    • Yobo
    • Jagielka
    • Lescott
    • Osman Substitution Out (56′)
    • Neville
    • Carsley
    • Pienaar
    • Cahill
    • Yakubu Yellow Card

    Subs

    • Gravesen
    • Wessels
    • Gardner
    • Johnson Substitution In (73′)
    • Arteta Substitution In (56′)
    • Baines
    • Anichebe

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None