Fiorentina made it seven Serie A victories in a row thanks to Yacine Adli and Moise Kean goals, while David De Gea denied Como with an amazing triple save.
The Viola went into the break for international duty on sparkling form. Cristiano Biraghi, Albert Gudmundsson and Amir Richardson didn’t make the trip, while Como missed Sergi Roberto, Gabriel Strefezza, Maxi Perrone, Alessandro Gabrielloni, Daniele Baselli and Luca Mazzitelli.
See how it unfolded on the Liveblog.
Lucas Beltran sliding in just failed to get the necessary touch to the Robin Gosens ball flashed across the face of goal, testing Emil Audero’s fingertips.
Fiorentina broke the deadlock when Beltran gathered with his back to goal and laid it off for Yacine Adli to drill hard and low through a sea of legs from the edge of the area.
David De Gea performed a simply extraordinary triple save from point-blank range to keep Fiorentina in front on the hour mark. He managed to parry from Edoardo Goldaniga, then the Federico Barba follow-up and slapped the loose ball away before Goldaniga could pounce again.
It proved crucial, because Fiorentina doubled their advantage when Riccardo Sottil combined with Adli to break down the left and rolled across for a delicate Moise Kean first-time flick into the near top corner with his left foot from eight yards. It was the Italy striker’s fourth consecutive Serie A game on target.
Como kept trying, as Patrick Cutrone nodded the Iovine cross over the bar, then his assist only skimmed the head of Andrea Belotti.
To make matters worse, Alberto Dossena saw red in stoppages for an off the ball slap on Adli that the referee spotted.
Como 0-2 Fiorentina
Adli 20 (F), Kean 69 (F)
Sent off: Dossena 92 (C)
Player statistic
| 19' |  |
Yacine Adli (Assist: Lucas Beltrán) | ||
| Nico Paz |  |
29' |
| 58' | |
Lucas Beltrán | ||
| 68' | |
Moise Kean (Assist: Riccardo Sottil) | ||
| Alberto Dossena | |
88' | ||
| Alberto Dossena |  |
90+2' |
Match statistic
With all the rage about Motta last season, I think Palladino was a little overlooked and is turning out to be such a steal for Viola. Of course, an in-form DDG helps, but damn, bigger teams would take notice soon enough (if they haven’t already).
Bunga2, hello, my friend from antic Liveblog, we’ll see what happens in next week when Viola hosts us. 🙂