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Serie A | Fiorentina 0-2 Empoli: Caputo and Gyasi shock La Viola

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2 years ago

9:58 pm

Empoli shocked Fiorentina within the Tuscan derby securing a 2-0 away win with targets from Francesco Caputo and Emmanuel Gyasi.

Aurelio Andreazzoli snatched his second win in 5 Serie A video games in control of Empoli, beating the Azzurri’s harsh rivals Fiorentina in a Tuscan derby on the Stadio Franchi in Florence on Monday evening.

The beginning was promising for La Viola who noticed Etrit Berisha produce a shocking save from a Nico Gonzalez header, whereas Lucas Martinez Quarta despatched a superbly executed bicycle-kick shot over the crossbar.

It was only the start of an especially powerful evening for the Argentinean centre-back.

Francesco Caputo opened the account at minute 31 together with his first season purpose. Alberto Grassi sprinted down the suitable flank, noticed the skilled striker advance into house behind Martinez Quarta and when he acquired the ball contained in the field, he beat Pietro Terracciano with a chip shot.

Fiorentina appeared to soften and Caputo scored the second earlier than the half-time break. Nonetheless, it was disallowed as a silent VAR examine noticed the ex-Sassuolo striker placing the ball inside the online by touching the ball together with his arm, so he was additionally given a yellow card.

Italiano launched Riccardo Sottil at first of the second half, but it surely was not sufficient to shake Fiorentina.

The Italian winger compelled Berisha to a different save, however La Viola have been too inconsistent and regardless of dominating possession, they struggled to discover a approach by way of Empoli’s defence.

One other participant coming off the bench, Gyasi, left his mark and scored his first purpose this season at minute 81. Martinez Quarta didn’t management an Arthur Melo again go, so Nicolò Cambiaghi pounced on the Argentinean defender and located a passing line for Jacopo Fazzini. The ex-Fiorentina midfielder noticed Gyasi lower contained in the field so it was straightforward for him to beat Terracciano once more.

Berisha produced one other nice save on Nico earlier than the ultimate whistle whereas Mattia Destro might have made it three for Empoli however the former Genoa and Milan striker failed to complete off a counter-attack sending a right-footed shot vast on the close to publish.

Empoli’s win means the Tuscans are actually out of the drop zone whereas Fiorentina sit fourth, stage on 17 factors with Napoli.