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UECL | Cukaricki 0-1 Fiorentina: Nzola sends Viola top

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UECL | Cukaricki 0-1 Fiorentina: Nzola sends Viola top

An early M’Bala Nzola penalty proved sufficient to provide Fiorentina victory in Serbia and a draw elsewhere pushes them to the highest of their Convention League group.

The Viola received 6-0 when these sides met on the Stadio Franchi, however had additionally misplaced three Serie A video games in a row with out discovering the web. They went to Serbia with out Lucas Beltran, Michael Kayode, Dodo or Gaetano Castrovilli, whereas Nico Gonzalez required relaxation.

The group was remarkably tight stepping into, as Fiorentina, Ferencvaros and Genk have been all on 5 factors.

Within the opening minutes, a protracted ball was positioned excessive for M’Bala Nzola, who was introduced down by the on-rushing goalkeeper for a penalty. Nzola transformed it himself, the comfortable and central end squirming beneath Filipovic’s physique.

There was a second of stress within the first half when Cukaricki ahead Ibrahima Ndiaye was focused by racist chants, seemingly from supporters who weren’t there to cheer on both group. This isn’t Cukaricki’s house stadium, they use that of their neighbours for UEFA fixtures.

Cristiano Biraghi curled a free kick over the bar, whereas Sunday Adetunji’s header was straight at Oliver Christensen. Adetunji virtually pounced on a poor Niccolò Pierozzi back-pass, as Christensen needed to be alert, whereas a weak clearance allowed Stefan Kovac to drill large.

Giacomo Bonaventura’s strike from the sting of the world was heading in the right direction till a double deflection turned it large.

Cukaricki ought to’ve equalised after the restart, however Kovac in some way managed to get all of it mistaken on a cross from the best, ballooning over when unmarked from seven yards.

Josip Brekalo managed to show and drill from simply inside the world, forcing a determined fingertip save out of the goalkeeper to push it around the upright.

Cukaricki 0-1 Fiorentina

Nzola pen 8 (F)

09-11-2023 17:45

MatchDay 4

Čukarički Stadium

Čukarički

Čukarički

Fiorentina

Fiorentina

0 – 1

Participant statistic

1st half
Ibrahima Ndiaye 7′  
   8′PenaltyM’Bala Nzola
Sunday Adetunji 41′  
   45′Cristiano Biraghi
2nd half
Bojica Nikcevic 48′  
   83′Fabiano Parisi
Luther SinghYellow card 90+6′  


Čukarički


Fiorentina

Beginning lineups

24
Nenad Filipovic
Goalkeeper

4
Bojan Kovacevic
Defender

3
Nemanja Tosic
Defender

22
Ognjen Vranjes
Defender

67′

21
Nikola Stankovic
Midfielder

14
Sambou Sissoko
Midfielder

77
Stefan Kovac
Midfielder

86′

47
Bojica Nikcevic
Attacker

10
Djordje Ivanovic
Attacker

67′

72
Ibrahima Ndiaye
Attacker

81′

9
Sunday Adetunji
Attacker

53
Oliver Christensen
Goalkeeper

3
Cristiano Biraghi
Defender

55′

16
Luca Ranieri
Defender

70
Niccolò Pierozzi
Defender

4
Nikola Milenkovic
Defender

32
Alfred Duncan
Midfielder

55′

5
Giacomo Bonaventura
Midfielder

8
Maxime Lopez
Midfielder

11
Jonathan Ikoné
Attacker

55′

18
M’Bala Nzola
Attacker

72′

7
Riccardo Sottil
Attacker

Substitutes

23
Filip Samurovic
Goalkeeper

1
Nemanja Belic
Goalkeeper

2
Viktor Rogan
Defender

8
Luka Stojanovic
Midfielder

65
Lazar Stojanovic
Defender

88
Marko Arsovic
Attacker

Vukašin Jovanović
Defender

67′

91
Mihajlo Cvetković
Attacker

67′

45
Igor Miladinovic
Midfielder

81′

17
Luther Singh
Attacker

86′

10
Nicólas González
Attacker

1
Pietro Terracciano
Goalkeeper

28
Lucas Martínez Quarta
Defender

72
Antonin Barak
Midfielder

26
Yerry Mina
Defender

19
Gino Infantino
Midfielder

37
Pietro Comuzzo
Defender

65
Fabiano Parisi
Defender

55′

77
Josip Brekalo
Attacker

55′

99
Christian Kouamé
Attacker

72′

38
Rolando Mandragora
Midfielder

6
Arthur Melo
Midfielder

84′