Udinese-Fiorentina 1-0: a goal from Beto decides

From our correspondent Francesco Velluzzi

August 31
– Milan

Fly Udinese. Fiorentina cries. Beto’s goal after 17 minutes is enough to give the second victory (1-0) in a row, the first at home, to the team of Andrea Sottil who with his physicality, with the strength of the new additions, Bijol and Lovric, with a careful game in the defensive phase does not concede practically anything to the viola of Vincenzo Italiano that they have to revise something. Agreed the absences, but the team won only on the first day at home with Cremonese for the mistake of the visiting goalkeeper Radu who entered the goal with the ball. Then draws with Empoli and Napoli and a defeat in Udine that just could not have been foreseen. Italian saved some big names for Sunday’s match at Franchi with Juve, but, above all, this was the game to win. And instead Udinese took very few risks.

Gestures

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Udinese-Fiorentina is always a special match. And Poma, the Juventus speaker, does not forget the memory of Davide Astori who died on 4 March 2018 in his hotel room on the eve of Udinese-Fiorentina. Video with Davide and applause from the whole stadium. There is also a nice gesture from the home club that gives the shirt to the little fan boy who in Monza has seen it stolen from those who have also hurt his father.

The match

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It is Wednesday, offices and shops still open, but the Dacia Arena still gives a nice glance with almost twenty thousand people and 7815 paying. Andrea Sottil puts Jaka Bijol back in the center of the defense after the head of Botheim from Salerno who sent him to the hospital. Nuytinck is on the bench, Walace is confirmed as director, Lovric the mezzala and Pereyra fifth on the top right. Vincenzo Italiano, who already has several absences, leaves Riccardo Sottil on the bench, avoiding the curtain with his father, the Udinese coach. But, in addition to the unavailable, Biraghi, Milenkovic, Iovic, Amrabat, Ikonè, Dodò remain on the bench. Terracciano, the hero of the Conference playoffs, goes to goal. Gollini sits down. In short, the usual revolution. Ready go and after 5 and a half minutes Martinez Quarta, trying to serve Igor, combines it big giving the ball near the area of ​​him. Deulofeu and Beto fail to take advantage of it. The purple defense is too wrong at the exit and at 17 Udinese does not forgive: Venuti loses the ball, pressed, perhaps with excessive charge, by Deulofeu who leaves (Terracciano does not take him) and serves Beto who signs the second goal in a row. The mistakes of the purple defenders continue, on 26 ‘Beto goes away with a fourth in total crisis and fails to double. Five minutes later Lovric misses. Then the time comes for Silvestri who, on Mandragora’s corner, rejects Quarta’s pumpkin well. But the worst for the bianconeri came in the 42nd minute when Masina injured his knee in an intervention on Cabral. He goes out on a stretcher and it is feared that it will not be a trivial thing. Nuytinck enters. Fiorentina, which showed little both with the trident Koaume-Cabral-Saponara and with Barak (zero insertions only close touches) and Mandragora, is still alive from Silvestri with Kouame in the second minute of recovery, but the Emilian goalkeeper rejects well. Second half Fiorentina starts again more charged and in charge. So much so that Udogie, a bit stammering, has to practically be the fourth defender because Koaume has woken up and starts to light up. Udinese, with Bijol, who resolves any possible risk, hides behind, ready only to restart in speed, that is, to play the game he prefers. So, after 65 minutes Sottil takes away the excellent Lovric and the Beto bomber for Arslan and Success. But Beto with Success could fr very badly in the spaces. And here Italian plays the Sottil card for the off Saponara. In addition to Benassi for Venuti. Dangers come few. But still other replacements. Italian inserts Amrabat, Sottil finishes the changes with Samardzic for Makengo and even making a few hours after landing in Udine the outside Ehzibue. Very fresh forces to resist and win. Deulofeu is the only one who forces Terracciano to parade. While the viola continues to seek more herself than a draw. Indeed it is Udinese who find the doubling with Success, but offside. Just as Fiorentina seems to be offside today.