Kean rescues Fiorentina late, Cremonese crumble in added time | OneFootball

The roar of the Franchi explodes just when hopes seemed to have shattered against the gray-and-red wall. Fiorentina beats Cremonese 1-0 at the photo finish, thanks to a last-gasp strike from Moise Kean deep into stoppage time. Three platinum points for the Viola, rewarding an endless—often fruitless—siege and allowing them to catch up with Verona and Pisa in the standings, banishing the specter of another home slip-up.

Viola, what suffering: endless siege, VAR and brawl. Then the final strike secures the tie with Verona and Pisa

The match was a Viola monologue, but full of nervousness and bad luck. In the first half, Parisi rattles the crossbar (12’), then the game catches fire: referee La Penna first awards a penalty for a foul on Piccoli, then revokes it at the monitor for a previous illegal intervention by the striker on Baschirotto. The tension erupts into a brawl that results in the expulsion of two members from the benches. In the second half, the script doesn’t change: Fiorentina presses but crashes against an alert Audero, while Cremonese tries to sting on the counterattack with Vardy, who lets Ranieri off the hook after stealing the ball. When the 0-0 seems set in stone, here comes the winning move from the bench: Kean comes on at the end and in the 92nd minute, after a rebound from Audero’s save on Fortini, finds the decisive touch that seals the victory. A release for Florence, a cruel blow for the Lombards.

Andrea Alati

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