UECL | Fiorentina 3-2 Club Brugge: Viola thriller

There could’ve been a second soon after, but Nico Gonzalez ballooned over the bar from 14 yards after a Cristiano Biraghi pull-back from the by-line.

It was chaos in the box when Pietro Terracciano parried a Thiago shot, Luca Ranieri pulled his arms out of the way, but the striker then prodded the rebound onto Biraghi’s arm. A penalty was awarded following a VAR On-Field Review and Hans Vanacken converted with a delicate dummy.

Nico Gonzalez blasted over from a promising position and Jack Bonaventura’s strike was only parried into the path of Andrea Belotti to drill low into the bottom corner and restore Fiorentina’s advantage.

Lucas Beltran redirected the Sottil cross inches off target, while Belotti’s header was fingertipped over the bar on a Biraghi free kick.

Sottil was forced off the field after landing heavily on his shoulder and Christian Kouame turned over from a set play.

There was confusion when Raphael Onyedika was sent off for a second yellow card, as he had seemingly not realised there had been a first booking.

However, moments later Club Brugge equalised when down to 10 men, as Thiago ran onto a long ball, shrugged off Ranieri and fired into the far bottom corner.

Bonaventura’s chest and volley was deflected wide, as was a terrible Belotti header, but the siege finally paid off in stoppages when M’Bala Nzola saw his first attempt come off the upright and bundled the rebound over the line from six yards.

Fiorentina 3-2 Club Brugge

Sottil 5 (F), Vanacken pen 17 (C), Belotti 37 (F), Thiago 63 (C), Nzola 91 (F)

Sent off: Onyedika 61 (C)

02-05-2024 20:00 1/2 Final Artemio Franchi Stadium

Fiorentina

Club Brugge 3 - 2

Player statistic

1st half

Riccardo Sottil (Assist: Nicólas González)		5'
		17'

Hans Vanaken Nicólas González 36'     Andrea Belotti 37'     2nd half

		58'		Raphael Onyedika
		61'

Raphael Onyedika     63' Igor Thiago (Assist: Jorne Spileers) Lucas Martínez Quarta 70'         85'

Nordin Jackers M’Bala Nzola

90+2'    

Match statistic

56 Possession % 44 31 Total shots 5 10 Shots on target 3 13 Shots off target 2 8 Blocked shots 0 8 Corners 1 2 Offsides 0 10 Fouls 15 Fiorentina Club Brugge

Starting lineups

1

Pietro Terracciano Goalkeeper 3

Cristiano Biraghi Defender 2

Dodô Defender 16

Luca Ranieri Defender 28

Lucas Martínez Quarta Defender 6

Arthur Melo Midfielder 70' 5

Giacomo Bonaventura Midfielder 88' 20

Andrea Belotti Attacker 89' 9

Lucas Beltrán Attacker 70' 10

Nicólas González Attacker 7

Riccardo Sottil Attacker 52' 29

Nordin Jackers Goalkeeper 14 Bjorn Meijer Defender 44

Brandon Mechele Defender 6

Denis Odoi Defender 90' 58 Jorne Spileers Defender 90' 64 Kyriani Sabbe Defender 20

Hans Vanaken Midfielder 8

Michal Skoras Midfielder 65' 15 Raphael Onyedika Midfielder 9 Ferrán Jutglà Attacker

79' 99 Igor Thiago Attacker

Substitutes

4

Nikola Milenkovic Defender 32

Alfred Duncan Midfielder 65 Fabiano Parisi Defender 38

Rolando Mandragora Midfielder 22

Davide Faraoni Defender 53

Oliver Christensen Goalkeeper 33 Michael Kayode Defender 99

Christian Kouamé Attacker 52' 11

Jonathan Ikoné Attacker 70' 8

Maxime Lopez Midfielder 70' 72

Antonin Barak Midfielder 88' 18 M’Bala Nzola Attacker 89' 7

Andreas Skov Olsen Midfielder 22

Simon Mignolet Goalkeeper 28

Dedryck Boyata Defender 55 Maxim de Cuyper Defender 77 Philip Zinckernagel Attacker 32 Antonio Nusa Attacker 27 Casper Nielsen Midfielder 65' 10 Hugo Vetlesen Midfielder 79' 39 Éder Balanta Midfielder 90' 4

Joel Ordóñez Defender

90'