🏆👉 UEFA announces the match officials for the Europa Conference League Playoff Second Leg game CFR CLUJ vs Lazio on Thursday 23 February 2023 at the Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu in Cluj-Napoca, Romania at 18:45
German Referee Felix Zwayer will be assisted by Stefan Lupp (GER) and Marco Achmüller (GER). The Fourth Official will be Sven Jablonski (GER). The VAR will be Harm Osmers (GER). The AVAR will be Katrin Rafalski (GER). The Referee Observer will be Marian Ružbarsky (SVK).
Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Friday 17 February 2023.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Friday 17 February 2023.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Friday 17 February 2023
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40% Ball Possession SC BRAGA and 60% Ball Possession FIORENTINA SC Braga 0 – 4 Fiorentina
🟥 55′ Vitor Tormena 45+1′ Luka Jovic
. 60′ Luka Jovic
. 79′ Arthur Cabral
. 90′ Arthur Cabral
👉🏆 Fiorentina won with a poker the UEFA Conference League Play-offs First Leg game against SC Braga on Thursday 16 February 2023 at the Estádio Municipal de Braga in Braga, Portugal. Fiorentina humiliated Braga and the qualification for the round of 16 is closer. Leading strikers, braces for Jovic and Cabral. Braga played with ten men from the 55th minute after Tormena was sent off.
Fiorentina claimed the prestigious away victory with this 4-0 that leaves no room for doubt and also leaves little hope for Braga, literally annihilated by the Viola throughout the entire match. After a first half in which Fiorentina had deserved the lead which arrived in the 46th minute with Luka Jovic’s goal following an excellent cross from Biraghi, the second half of the match against Sporting Braga started immediately with a very bad foul by Tormena on Jovic, first booked by Del Cerro Grande and then expelled by the referee after a VAR review. Fiorentina with the numerical advantage immediately got back in possession of the game and after just 5′ they also found the goal to double. This time it’s Riccardo Saponara who works well a ball on the right and then serves the usual Jovic with a very delicate through ball, in the evening of grace, and author of a splendid brace.
All the schemes in Braga’s house collapsed and Fiorentina took advantage of it with the substitute Cabral, who took Jovic’s place and in less than 5′ puts his personal seal on the Municipal match. Spectacular action in the center of the penalty area by the Brazilian who jumps a man with a delicious dribble before kicking very hard behind Matheus for the deserved 3-0. Arthur Cabral also decides to impose himself and to even the score with his teammates and in the 90th minute, after an excellent action by Ikoné in the penalty area, he receives the assist to back up the 4-0 which could have virtually closed the scores.
In a week’s time, the return match between Fiorentina and Sporting Braga will be played at the Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence.
✅ Stats before the game. This will be the first meeting between Sporting Braga and Fiorentina in Europe; the Portuguese team have not won any of their last five matches (D2 L3 – qualifying included) against Italian clubs in European competitions, while Fiorentina are unbeaten in their last six European matches (W3 D3) against Portuguese clubs, and in the last four they have kept a clean sheet. Sporting Braga have won seven of their last nine home matches (D1, L1) in European competitions, scoring in each of those nine matches, and have won their last three home games in the knockout stages of European competitions, keeping clean sheets in each of these games. Fiorentina have won their last four UEFA Conference League matches, by an aggregate score of 13-2, and have lost just three of their last 25 away games (W15, D7, including qualifying) in European competition, keeping four clean sheets. last five away games. Fiorentina have won their last four UEFA Conference League ties and have not racked up more consecutive victories in European competition since 2009, when they won their last five in the Champions League group stage.
📺 Click the video to watch SC Braga 0 – 4 Fiorentina highlights on Thursday 16 February 2023
👉🏆 Slovenian Referee Matej Jug will be assisted by Tomaž Klančnik (SVN) and Manuel Vidali (SVN). The Fourth Official will be David Smajc (SVN). The VAR will be Nejc Kajtazovic (SVN). The AVAR will be Asmir Sagrković (SVN). The Referee Observer will be Jan Carlsen (DEN).
👉🏆 Here are SC Braga vs Fiorentina official starting lineups for the UEFA Conference League Play-offs First Leg game on Thursday 16 February 2023 at the Estádio Municipal de Braga in Braga, Portugal at 18:45.
Lineup SC Braga (4-3-3): Matheus; Gomez, Tormena, Niakate, Sequeira; A. Horta, Racic, Al Musrati; Medeiros, Ruiz, R. Horta.
👉🏆 Slovenian Referee Matej Jug will be assisted by Tomaž Klančnik (SVN) and Manuel Vidali (SVN). The Fourth Official will be David Smajc (SVN). The VAR will be Nejc Kajtazovic (SVN). The AVAR will be Asmir Sagrković (SVN). The Referee Observer will be Jan Carlsen (DEN).
👉🏆 UEFA announced the match officials for the UEFA Conference League Play-offs First Leg game SC Braga vs Fiorentina on Thursday 16 February 2023 at the Estádio Municipal de Braga in Braga, Portugal at 18:45.
Slovenian Referee Matej Jug will be assisted by Tomaž Klančnik (SVN) and Manuel Vidali (SVN). The Fourth Official will be David Smajc (SVN). The VAR will be Nejc Kajtazovic (SVN). The AVAR will be Asmir Sagrković (SVN). The Referee Observer will be Jan Carlsen (DEN).
By Anna Italia
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