Fiorentina
9 Mar
Napoli breathed fresh life into their Serie A title hopes on Sunday with a 2-1 victory over Fiorentina that ended a five-match winless run. Romelu Lukaku gave Napoli the lead on 26 minutes and Giacomo Raspadori doubled it on the hour before Albert Gudmundsson pulled a goal back for Fiorentina. Antonio Conte's Napoli climbed back…
11 Feb
Fiorentina backed Moise Kean on Tuesday after the Italy striker was targeted with a barrage of racist insults on social media following his team's narrow defeat at Inter Milan in Serie A. Kean posted on Instagram images of some of the abuse he received from Inter fans in the aftermath of Monday's 2-1 loss at…
4 Jan
Napoli took advantage of their Serie A title rivals competing in the Italian Super Cup by beating Fiorentina 3-0 on Saturday
29 Dec
Juventus and Fiorentina's Serie A match in Turin on Sunday was interrupted after seven minutes after racist insults from the stands aimed at home striker Dusan Vlahovic. Earlier, Napoli edged past struggling Venezia 1-0 to move level on points with leaders Atalanta. In Turin, referee Maurizio Mariani called over the two captains to tell them…
15 Dec
Fiorentina lost ground in the Serie A title race on Sunday after falling to a 1-0 defeat at Bologna and missing the chance to claim a club-record ninth straight league win. Raffaele Palladino's Fiorentina are fourth, six points behind league leaders Atalanta following a first league defeat in three months, albeit with a game in…
10 Dec
Edoardo Bove has had a defibrillator fitted after the Fiorentina midfielder's on-pitch cardiac arrest earlier this month, Italian media rep
8 Dec
Fiorentina moved three points behind Serie A leaders Atalanta with Sunday's 1-0 win over Cagliari in their first league match since midfielder Edoardo Bove's sudden collapse last weekend. Danilo Cataldi fired in the only goal of the game in the 24th minute to give Fiorentina their eighth straight win in Italy's top flight, not counting…
1 Dec
Fiorentina's Serie A match with Inter Milan was stopped on Sunday after midfielder Edoardo Bove suddenly collapsed to the ground. Bove was rushed away in an ambulance as players and fans looked on in horror following his sudden fall with 16 minutes on the clock. Sky Sport report that the 22-year-old, on loan at Fiorentina…
15 Sep 2024
Ademola Lookman made sure that Atalanta warmed up for their return to the Champions League with the winner in Sunday's 3-2 victory over Fiorentina in Serie A. Nigeria forward Lookman did not feature in Atalanta's first three league matches after agitating for a transfer to Paris Saint-Germain. But the 26-year-old netted the decisive strike in…
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