Fiorentina flattened Lucchese 5-0 in their pre-season friendly, with Franck Ribery and Christian Kouame braces.

It was one-way traffic for the Viola against their Serie C counterparts, German Pezzella and Ribery both striking the woodwork early on, while Kouame and Lorenzo Venuti forced desperate saves.

Ribery finally broke through on 39 minutes after he dribbled past two players for a right-foot finish.

Kouame ran riot in the second half, rising to nod in an Alfred Duncan cross and then setting up Ribery’s second of the game.

Fiorentina flattened Lucchese 5-0 in their pre-season friendly, with Franck Ribery and Christian Kouame braces.

It was one-way traffic for the Viola against their Serie C counterparts, German Pezzella and Ribery both striking the woodwork early on, while Kouame and Lorenzo Venuti forced desperate saves.

Ribery finally broke through on 39 minutes after he dribbled past two players for a right-foot finish.

Kouame ran riot in the second half, rising to nod in an Alfred Duncan cross and then setting up Ribery’s second of the game.

Pol Lirola saw his cross deflected into the net by Solcia for an own goal and Kouame completed the rout with his brace, a splendid control and left-foot volley.

Fiorentina 5-0 Lucchese

Ribery 39, 55 (F), Kouame 49, 78 (F), Solcia og 64 (F)

Fiorentina: Terracciano (Ghidotti 68); Igor (Ceccherini 56), Pezzella, Caceres (Illanes 79); Venuti, Saponara (Eysseric 56), Amrabat (Benassi 68), Duncan (Cristoforo 79), Lirola (Dalle Mura 86); Ribery (Montiel 81), Kouame (Agudelo 81)

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