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Italian Soccer Serie A
45% Ball Possession MONZA and 55% Ball Possession FIORENTINA
Monza 3 – 2 Fiorentina
26′ Cristiano Biraghi (og) 9′ Christian Kouamé
43′ Dany Motta 13′ Riccardo Saponara
58′ Matteo Pessin (pen)
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Monza, 13th position with 38 points and a negative goal difference of -6
Fiorentina, 9th position with 42 points and a positive goal difference of +2
Fiorentina are out of the European zone and few more weeks to conquer points. Monza overturned the result and win the Serie A Week 31 game on Sunday 23 April 2023 at the U-Power Stadium in Monza, Italy. The victory helped Monza climb to the twelfth position with 41 points, one less than Fiorentina. For the first time in Serie A, Monza won a comeback game: down 2-0 after 13 minutes, the red and white beat Fiorentina 3-2 with a fantastic performance, achieving their second consecutive success after the San Siro feat.
Fiorentina opened the score in the 9th minute. Christian Kouamé defeated Monza goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio with a headed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Cristiano Biraghi following a corner conceded by Andrea Colpani.
👉 Monza 0 – 1 Fiorentina, 9th minute, ⚽️ goal by Christian Kouamé for @ACFFiorentinaEN with a headed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Cristiano Biraghi following a corner conceded by Andrea Colpani. https://t.co/uepNB7VNqU
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) April 23, 2023
Riccardo Saponara double the score with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Christian Kouamé.
👉 Monza 0 – 2 Fiorentina, 13th minute, ⚽️ goal by Riccardo Saponara for @ACFFiorentinaEN with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Christian Kouamé. https://t.co/vjv4VIXA74
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) April 23, 2023
Monza shortened the distance thanks to the own goal by Cristiano Biraghi in the 26th minute.
👉 Monza 1 – 2 Fiorentina, 26th minute, ⚽️ own goal by Cristiano Biraghi shortened the distance for Monza. https://t.co/iJTm0o3nCe pic.twitter.com/VRvJyePDXN
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) April 23, 2023
Monza equalized for the 2-2 in the 43rd minute with the goal by Dany Mota wcoring with a right-footed shot to the center.
👉 Monza 2 – 2 Fiorentina, 43rd minute, ⚽️ goal by Dany Mota equalized for @ACMonza with a right footed shot to the center. https://t.co/0qr4vblTGM
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) April 23, 2023
Monza took the lead in the 58th minute. Captain Matteo Pessina converted a penalty with a left-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The penalty is conceded by Sofyan Amrabat
👉 Monza 3 – 2 Fiorentina, 58th minute, ⚽️ goal by Matteo Pessina converting a penalty for @Monza with a left-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The penalty is conceded by Sofyan Amrabat https://t.co/KRPbNeAGo9
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) April 23, 2023
✅ Stats before the game: It’s been since October (series of three matches in that case) that Monza hasn’t managed to win two games in a row in Serie A: Palladino’s team – who finished with a clean sheet against Inter in the last round – have not managed two clean sheets in a row always from that three-match series in October. Fiorentina have won their last three away league matches without conceding any goals: the Viola team have not achieved four away wins in a row in Serie A in the same season since May 2013 (with Montella on the bench) and have never won in history four consecutive away games in the competition without conceding a goal. Monza have obtained 38 points so far: in the first 30 days of a Serie A championship only two absolute debutants have reached at least this figure in the era of three points for a win, Reggina 1999/2000 (39) and Chievo Verona 2001/ 02 (47).
Lineup MONZA (3-4-3): Di Gregorio; Caldirola, Marì, Izzo; Ciurria, Rovella, Pessina, Carlos Augusto; Mota, Colpani, Caprari.
Lineup FIORENTINA (4-3-3): P. Terracciano; Dodo, Milenkovic, Quarta, Biraghi; Barak, Amrabat, Mandragora; Kouamé, Cabral, Saponara.
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The U-Power Stadium ready for Monza vs Fiorentina
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Photo via twitter.com/ACFFiorentinaEN
Warm up 🔥 #ForzaViola #MonzaFiorentina #ACFFiorentina pic.twitter.com/UfwNWdFOrY
— ACF Fiorentina English (@ACFFiorentinaEN) April 23, 2023
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— ACF Fiorentina English (@ACFFiorentinaEN) April 23, 2023
👉 First half is over Monza 2 – 2 Fiorentina
⚽️ Goals: 9′ Christian Kouamé (F), 16′ Riccardo Saponara (F), 26′ Cristiano Biraghi (own goal), 43′ Dany Mota (M)
✍ Ball Possession: 45% @ACMonza and 55% @ACFFiorentinaEN
✅ https://t.co/CZm1YyvHxa@MonzaHispano @ACMonzaBrasil https://t.co/s0qr6aGJ7E
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) April 23, 2023
👉 Result Monza 3 – 2 Fiorentina
⚽️ Goals: 9′ Christian Kouamé (F), 16′ Riccardo Saponara (F), 26′ Cristiano Biraghi (og), 43′ Dany Mota (M), 58′ Matteo Pessina (pen)(M)
✍ Ball Possession 45% @ACMonza and 55% @ACFFiorentinaEN
✅ https://t.co/CZm1YyvHxa @MonzaHispano https://t.co/T8jRdfgTZS
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) April 23, 2023
Photo via twitter.com/acmonza
2022 – 2023 Italian Serie A Week 31
Monza 3- 2 Fiorentina
Sunday 23 April 2023
U-Power Stadium
Monza, Italy
15:00
Referee: SACCHI
Assistants: AFFATATO – SEVERINO
Fourth Official: COSSO
VAR: DI MARTINO
AVAR: LA PENNA
Goals: 9′ Christian Kouamé (F), 16′ Riccardo Saponara (F), 26′ Cristiano Biraghi (own goal), 43′ Dany Mota (M), 58′ Matteo Pessin (pen)(M)
🟨 Yellows: 33′ Carlos Augusto (M), 39′ Antonín Barák (F), 42′ Nikola Milenkovic (F)
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
Lineup MONZA (3-4-3): Di Gregorio; Caldirola, Marì, Izzo; Ciurria, Rovella, Pessina, Carlos Augusto; Mota, Colpani, Caprari.
Subs.: Cragno, Sorrentino, Antov, F. Carboni, Donati, Marlon, Machin, Barberis, Gytkjaer, Valoti, Petagna, Birindelli, D’Alessandro, Vignato, Ranocchia.
Coach: Raffaele Palladino
Lineup FIORENTINA (4-3-3): P. Terracciano; Dodo, Milenkovic, Quarta, Biraghi; Barak, Amrabat, Mandragora; Kouamé, Cabral, Saponara.
Subs: Cerofolini, Venuti, Ranieri, Igor, Terzic, Bianco, Sottil, Castrovilli, Ikoné, Duncan, N. Gonzalez, Jovic, Brekalo.
Coach: Vincenzo Italiano