Fiorentina notched up a fifth consecutive victory in all competition thanks to well-worked Rolando Mandragora and Arthur Cabral goals away to Cremonese.

This was an early preview of the upcoming Coppa Italia semi-final. The hosts earned their first win of the season by beating Roma 2-1 a fortnight ago, while the Viola were fresh off back-to-back Serie A victories and a Conference League Round of 16 with Sivasspor, prompting squad rotation. Aleksa Terzic, Vlad Chiriches and Emanuel Aiwu were out of action, while Pietro Terracciano had flu, so Salvatore Sirigu made his Serie A debut for the Tuscans.

In the opening 90 seconds, Cyriel Dessers nodded over from a long throw-in that took the visitors by surprise, while Ferrari threw himself in the way of Antonin Barak’s finish from 10 yards and Rolando Mandragora’s powerful long-range drive flashed just wide.

Fiorentina broke the deadlock after an inspired Barak cross-field pass, as Jonathan Ikone ran into traffic, but Mandragora drilled in on the rebound from 12 yards.

Barak managed to pull back from the by-line after good work from Ikone for an Arthur Cabral diving header deflected wide from point-blank range.

The visitors doubled their lead with a goal of real quality sparked by substitute Josip Brekalo, as Mandragora rolled across for Cabral to tap in relatively undisturbed in a quick passing move.

An acrobatic Buonaiuto overhead kick didn’t pay off, while Daniel Ciofani nodded an Emanuele Valeri cross just over, then Sirigu had to sprint off his line and stand his ground one-on-one against David Okereke.

Cremonese pushed to the bitter end with Buonaiuto and Ciofani efforts charged down in the box.

Cremonese 0-2 Fiorentina

Mandragora 27 (F), Cabral 50 (F)

12-03-2023 14:00
MatchDay 26

Player statistic

1st half
    27' Goal Rolando Mandragora
(Assist: Jonathan Ikoné)
2nd half
    50' Goal Arthur Cabral
(Assist: Rolando Mandragora)
Alex Ferrari Yellow card 51'    
    55' Yellow card Rolando Mandragora
    60' Yellow card Josip Brekalo

Match statistic

47
Possession %
53
16
Total shots
10
5
Shots on target
3
5
Shots off target
4
6
Blocked shots
3
1
Corners
6
3
Offsides
3
10
Fouls
17
USC
FIO

Starting lineups

12
Goalkeeper
24
Defender
3
Defender
5
Defender
17
54'
15
6
Midfielder
78'
26
Midfielder
27
Midfielder
78'
90
Attacker
60'
74
Attacker
60'
56
Goalkeeper
3
2
Defender
77'
4
72
Midfielder
8
Midfielder
46'
38
Midfielder
84'
34
Midfielder
9
Attacker
68'
11
Attacker
68'

Substitutes

20
Attacker
45
Goalkeeper
13
Goalkeeper
19
Midfielder
44
Defender
33
23
Midfielder
77
Attacker
54'
9
Attacker
60'
10
60'
18
Midfielder
78'
28
Midfielder
78'
5
Midfielder
33
Attacker
16
Defender
10
Midfielder
98
Defender
31
Goalkeeper
42
Midfielder
99
51
Goalkeeper
77
Attacker
46'
22
68'
7
Attacker
68'
23
Defender
77'
32
Midfielder
84'

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