it is the first defeat in the Conference

It’s a truly bitter evening for the Fiorentina that in the house ofApoel finds its first defeat in this Conference League: a bitter pill to swallow for the team Palladino who came onto the pitch with a great turnover, but paid a high price for the coach’s choices by going two goals down just before half-time.

First half to forget

Yet at the start of the match there were a plethora of opportunities for Viola who in the space of just a few minutes came close to scoring twice with How come in the first ten minutes, those in which the away team was most lively and convincing. Then Apoel woke up, raised their pace and completely changed the face of the match: in the half hour of play they forced Terraccians to the great save following a free kick and in the 37th minute he managed to break the deadlock thanks to a goal from Gave

Fiorentina tries to react to the disadvantage by inventing some offensive action with Richardson e Mandrake, but during injury time before the break it is always the home team who scores, this time with Abagna who takes advantage of a defensive mess by Biraghi and Kayode.

Ikone’s goal is not enough

In the second half Palladino tries to change the inertia of the match by drawing from the bench and transforming the face of his team which struggled so much during the first half: the results can be seen, even if Fiorentina never manages to materialize the actions that carry on. The second half was fragmented, very little was played and Apoel did everything they could to try and manage the double lead. Viola’s great outburst came in the 74th minute, when Icons he overcomes the opposing defense without problems and manages to halve the disadvantage.

The goal is illusory for Fiorentina who tries to attack for the rest of the match, but is unable to equalize despite the very long injury time awarded by the referee. For Fiorentina it is the first defeat in this Conference which makes them slip to eighth place in the general ranking.