UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, March 19, 2015
Fiorentina WWLDW 3
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AS Roma WDDDL 0
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2nd Leg - Fiorentina win 4-1 on aggregate · Stadio Olimpico

Match Report

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Fiorentina use three early strikes to stun Roma

Brilliant Fiorentina stunned Roma with an early goal blitz to seal their spot in the Europa League quarter-finals at the expense of their Italian rivals.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
12
7
Saves
3
42.8
Possession
57.2
14
SHOTS
19
6
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.4
2
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
319
Accurate Passes
443
395
Passes
517
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
7
9
Crosses
30
0.1
Cross %
0.2
55
Long Balls
71
26
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
4
Blocked Shots
4
6
Effective Tackles
11
8
Tackles
14
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
37
Effective Clearances
22
37
Clearances
22

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

ROMA · 4-3-3

  1. 28Lukasz SkorupskiG
  2. 2Mapou Yanga-MbiwaCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 25José HolebasLB
  5. 35Vasilis TorosidisRB
  6. 16Daniele De RossiCM
  7. 20Seydou KeitaLM
  8. 15Miralem PjanicRM
  9. 8Adem LjajicF
  10. 27GervinhoLF
  11. 24Alessandro FlorenziRF

Substitutes

  1. 10Francesco TottiSUB
  2. 53Daniele VerdeSUB
  3. 7Juan IturbeSUB
  4. 26Morgan De SanctisSUB
  5. 23Davide AstoriSUB
  6. 3Ashley ColeSUB
  7. 32Leandro ParedesSUB

FIO · 3-5-2

  1. 1NetoG
  2. 2Gonzalo RodríguezCD
  3. 19José BasantaCD-L
  4. 15Stefan SavicCD-R
  5. 20Borja ValeroCM-L
  6. 14Matías FernándezCM-R
  7. 5Milan BadeljAM
  8. 28Marcos AlonsoLM
  9. 17JoaquínRM
  10. 74Mohamed SalahCF-L
  11. 30Khouma BabacarCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 40Nenad TomovicSUB
  2. 10Alberto AquilaniSUB
  3. 24Luca LezzeriniSUB
  4. 6Juan Manuel VargasSUB
  5. 72Josip IlicicSUB
  6. 23Manuel PasqualSUB
  7. 33Mario GómezSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' José Basanta (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 9' Goal! Roma 0, Fiorentina 1. Gonzalo Rodríguez (Fiorentina) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 18' Goal! Roma 0, Fiorentina 2. Marcos Alonso (Fiorentina) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
  4. 21' Goal! Roma 0, Fiorentina 3. José Basanta (Fiorentina) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Matías Fernández with a cross following a corner.
  5. 27' Substitution, Roma. Juan Iturbe replaces Vasilis Torosidis.
  6. 41' Substitution, Fiorentina. Nenad Tomovic replaces Stefan Savic because of an injury.
  7. 44' Substitution, Roma. Daniele Verde replaces Seydou Keita because of an injury.
  8. 58' Substitution, Roma. Davide Astori replaces Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa because of an injury.
  9. 63' Substitution, Fiorentina. Juan Vargas replaces Khouma Babacar.
  10. 78' Adem Ljajic (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 79' Substitution, Fiorentina. Alberto Aquilani replaces Borja Valero.
  12. 88' Second yellow card to Adem Ljajic (Roma) for a bad foul.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.