After Crushing Inter Milan, Fiorentina Becomes The Next Sassuolo Victim

Gregoire Defrel/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - Sassuolo scored a dramatic victory over 10 Fiorentina players from the last kick of the match when Hamed Junior Traore's solo effort and Gregoire Defrel's header cleared Arthur Cabral's first goal in the match at MAPEI Stadium do Città del Tricolore, Italy, Sunday 27 February early morning. A head-to-head clash for both teams' European ambitions after both recently recorded shock wins over Inter Milan and Atalanta. Gianluca Scamacca opened the scoring for hosts Sassuolo, while the visitors opened the scoring from Gaetano Castrovilli's curling strike. Sassuolo opened the scoring in the minute to -19 from a superb solo effort by Hamed Junior Traore who tricked Alvaro Odriozola and Lucas Martinez Quarta to slot the ball into the far corner of the visitors' goal. Then Scamacca's header went straight for Fiorentina goalkeeper Bartlomiej Dragowksi, while Krzysztof Piatek's flopping header wide above the goal. Giacomo R aspadori and Domenico Berardi also tested the toughness of the Fiorentina goalkeeper. Sassuolo goalkeeper Andrea Consigli saved Cristiano Biraghi's free kick. After that Fiorentina played with 10 men after substitute Giacomo Bonaventura got a red card.

This player had only been on for a few minutes but was shown a yellow card for pushing Berardi and then insulting the referee which resulted in a red card. Just like in the Coppa Italia against Atalanta, the red card only made Fiorentina appear crazy. And they equalized in the 88th minute through Arthur Cabral's first goal for Fiorentina. When the match looked like it would end in a 1-1 draw, in the 90+4 minute Sassuolo captain Domenico Berardi sent a cross into Fiorentina's penalty box which was met by Gregoire Defrel's header by capitalizing on a Martinez Quarta error to ensure the hosts won 2 -1.This win saw Sassuolo stay away from Torino in 10th place with 36 points, while Fiorentina are three places above them with 42 points but have one game more saved, according to the football-italy website.