Roma Vs Fiorentina Hot Match, Three Red Cards Out Of Saku Referee
JAKARTA - The Roma vs Fiorentina Party in the 15th week of the Italian League 2023/2024 at the Stadio Olimpico, Monday, December 11, 2023, ended in the 1-1 series.
The match was overheated where the referee issued three red cards, two for Roma and one for Fiorentina.
The visitors appeared dominant with 66 percent possession of the ball. Fiorentina fired 14 shots of which eight were on target.
Far from the hosts' gains. Roma only packed 34 percent of possession with four shots and only one headed for the net.
Even so, the Giallorossi scored a quick goal when the game had only been running for five minutes.
Romelu Lukaku's header opened the scoring after using Paulo Dybala's pass. The 1-0 advantage even lasted until halftime.
Entering the second half, the tension got hotter. Both teams often commit violations.
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Roma, who had to defend their lead, were forced to stop Fiorentina's attack, which required goals, hard.
In the aftermath, the hosts played with 10 players in the 63rd minute. Nicola Zalewski received a second yellow card.
Winning the number of players made Fiorentina free to build attacks. Lucas Martinez Quarta equalized to 1-1 in the 66th minute after receiving Christian Kouame's pass.
After the score was balanced, the tension of the match did not decrease. The two teams even collected a lot of yellow cards. In total, both teams packed three yellow cards out of 14 violations.
In fact, again the referee issued a red card. Roma player and goalscorer, Lukaku, received a straight red card in the 87th minute.
In the second half injury time, exactly the 90+8 minute, it was Fiorentina's turn to get a straight red card, namely Nikola Milenkovic.
Even though they are unequal in the number of players, the 1-1 score lasts until the game is over.