Series A
CL | Genk 2-2 Fiorentina: Viola risk victory and defeat
Fiorentina took the lead with a Luca Ranieri brace of headers and missed a sitter that might make it secure, solely to thank the woodwork for an exhilarating 2-2 attract Genk.
The Viola reached the Convention League Ultimate final season and commenced this group section with a visit to Belgium. Giacomo Bonaventura joined Yerry Mina, Jonathan Ikone and Gaetano Castrovilli on the therapy desk after a 3-2 comeback win over Atalanta. Genk dropped into this competitors after dropping each the Champions League and Europa League play-offs.
The Viola took the early lead when Cristiano Biraghi curled a nook onto the pinnacle of Luca Ranieri, who simply needed to steer it in from six yards on the again put up, regardless of the goalkeeper’s makes an attempt to flap it out from underneath the bar.
It didn’t final lengthy, as a result of a free kick was knocked down into the six-yard field, pinballed round between Biraghi and Rolando Mandragora till deflected into the trail of Andi Zeqiri, who was fast to react.
Fiorentina restored their benefit with a really related objective, this time the Biraghi nook was flicked on by Nikola Milenkovic and Ranieri discovered himself in the proper place on the again put up to nod in his second of the sport. It was the defender’s first ever skilled brace.
Oliver Christensen didn’t learn a free kick and was lucky to see Mark McKenzie nod over the bar. Nico Gonzalez felt a again twinge and went off at half-time.
Genk pushed all through the second half, Zeqiri nodding over from shut vary, however Milenkovic ought to’ve accomplished higher when ballooning over after an excellent Ranieri run and nutmeg on the by-line.
M’Bala Nzola did even worse, as he one way or the other steered a free header over the bar from six yards from Fabiano Parisi’s floated cross.
It proved a really pricey error certainly, as a result of Genk equalised when a nook discovered the pinnacle of McKenzie from seven yards, getting in entrance of Alfred Duncan.
Genk have been revitalised by that objective and have been pushing for the late winner, Milenkovic making the decisive block on Gerardo Arteaga, then with the final kick of the sport Arteaga’s low cross discovered Toluwalase Arokodare to thump the bottom of the far put up.
Genk 2-2 Fiorentina
Ranieri 7, 23 (F), Zeqiri 12 (G), McKenzie 85 (G)
21-09-2023 17:45
Genk
Fiorentina
Participant statistic
| 7′ | Luca Ranieri (Help: Cristiano Biraghi) | |||
| Andi Zeqiri | 12′ | |||
| 23′ | Luca Ranieri (Help: Nikola Milenkovic) | |||
| Daniel Muñoz | 29′ | |||
| 33′ | Rolando Mandragora | |||
| 45+5′ |  | Cristiano Biraghi |
| Mark McKenzie (Help: Bilal El Khannouss) |  | 85′ |
Match statistic
Genk
Fiorentina
Beginning lineups
72′Substitutes
72′
