Kevin Mirallas and Marko Pjaca made their debuts, but Fiorentina capitulated 3-0 to Schalke in a friendly.
The Viola were in Gelsenkirchen for the final test ahead of their Serie A season opener against Sampdoria.
Only a great save prevented Marco Benassi from breaking the deadlock on Gerson’s assist 14 minutes in.
Mirallas came on for his debut in the second half, but it was Schalke who came close when rattling the woodwork through Matija Nastasic’s free kick.
Kevin Mirallas and Marko Pjaca made their debuts, but Fiorentina capitulated 3-0 to Schalke in a friendly.
The Viola were in Gelsenkirchen for the final test ahead of their Serie A season opener against Sampdoria.
Only a great save prevented Marco Benassi from breaking the deadlock on Gerson’s assist 14 minutes in.
Mirallas came on for his debut in the second half, but it was Schalke who came close when rattling the woodwork through Matija Nastasic’s free kick.
Pjaca also made his first appearance in a Fiorentina jersey, but the Germans took the lead as Weston McKennie’s give and go with Daniel Caligiuri sliced the defence apart.
Substitute Steven Skrzybski sprung the offside trap to double their advantage and, as the Viola were pouring forward with Mirallas, a Goller through ball released Cedric Teuchert for the third.
Schalke 3-0 Fiorentina
McKennie 69 (S), Skrzybski 75 (S), Teuchert 85 (S)
Schalke 04: Fährmann, Nastasic, Bentaleb, Baba, Stambouli (Teuchert 61), Caligiuri (Goller 72), Burgstaller (Uth 61), Harit (Di Santo 46), Schöpf (Sane 46), Naldo (McKennie 46), Embolo (Skrzybski 72)
Fiorentina: Lafont, Milenkovic, Pezzella, Hugo (Ceccherini 61), Biraghi, Benassi, Norgaard (Dabo 73), Gerson (Veretout 73), Chiesa (Pjaca 61), Simeone, Eysseric (Mirallas 46)