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Fiorentina 5 – 1 Qarabag 
39′ Khouma Babacar 91′ Dino Ndlovu
43′ Nikola Kalinic
45′ Khouma Babacar
63′ Mauro Zárate
78′ Mauro Zárate
Mission accomplished! Fiorentina rocking big time crushing, total demolishing Qarabag + with 5 goals. Fiorentina are in the first position with 4 points and a positive goal difference of +4 . A brilliant match for forwards Khouma Babacar and Mauro Zarate scoring 2 goals each. Qarabag playing with 10 players since the 30th minute after Referee gave a red card to Elvin Yunuszada for a handball.
| UEFA Europa League Standing GROUP J |
Overall | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | ||||
| 1 | Fiorentina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 2 | PAOK Salonika | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| 3 | Liberec | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 | ||||
| 4 | FK Qarabag | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 | ||||
- Fiorentina and Qarabag are meeting for the first time. It’s Fiorentina’s first experience of Azerbaijani opponents.
- Curious detail: Fiorentina’s defender Carlos Salcedo (23) and Qarabağ’s Maksim Medvedev (27) celebrate birthdays today 29 September.
Here is FIORENTINA official starting lineup by coach Paulo Sousa:
FIORENTINA (3-4-1-2): Tătărușanu; Tomović, De Maio, Salcedo; Tello, Sánchez, Cristóforo, Maxi Olivera; Bernardeschi; Babacar, Kalinić.
Here is QARABAG official starting lineup by coach Gurbanov:
QARABAG (4-2-3-1): Šehić; Medvedev, Yunuszadä, R. F. Sadygov, Agolli; Míchel, R. Almeida; Ismayilov, Amirguliyev, Quintana; Reynaldo.
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2016 – 2017 UEFA Europa League
Group Stage, Matchday 2
Fiorentina 5 – 1 Qarabag
Thursday 29 September 2016
Artemio Franchi Stadium
Florence, Italy
19:00
Referee: Oliver Drachta (AUT)
Assistant Referees: Roland Brandner (AUT) and Stefan Kuehr (AUT).
Fourth Official: Roland Riedel (AUT)
Additional Assistant Referees: Dieter Muckenhammer (AUT) and Manuel Schuettengruber (AUT)
Goals: 39′ Khouma Babacar (F), 43′ Nikola Kalinic (F), 45′ Khouma Babacar (F), 63′ Mauro Zarate (F), 78′ Mauro Zárate (F), 91′ Dino Ndlovu (Q)
Official lineups – formations:
FIORENTINA (3-4-1-2): Tătărușanu; Tomović, De Maio, Salcedo; Tello, Sánchez, Cristóforo, Maxi Olivera; Bernardeschi; Babacar, Kalinić.
Subs: Lezzerini, Milić, Badelj, Vecino, Borja Valero, Chiesa, Zárate.
Coach: Paulo Sousa.
QARABAG (4-2-3-1): Šehić; Medvedev, Yunuszadä, R. F. Sadygov, Agolli; Míchel, R. Almeida; Ismayilov, Amirguliyev, Quintana; Reynaldo.
Subs: Šaranov, Garayev, Ndlovu, Muerem, Gurbanov, Hüseynov, Diniyev.
Coach: Gurbanov.