Fiorentina Women

Fiorentina Women sink Inter in five-goal thriller

24 January 2021

Fiorentina Women secured a huge three points with a thrilling 3-2 win over Inter in Milan on Sunday lunchtime.

With coach Antonio Cincotta finally back on the sidelines following his COVID-19 diagnosis, the Viola got off to a bad start when Gloria Marinelli fired Inter ahead after just 28 seconds.

Greta Adami hauled Fiorentina level on 26 minutes, unleashing a long-range effort that the Inter keeper fumbled into the back of the net for 1-1.

After the break, it was the Viola who took the lead on 64 minutes after Daniela Sabatino was upended in the box. The referee duly awarded Fiorentina a penalty, with Sabatino dusting herself down before dispatching the spot-kick to put her side 2-1 up.

Yet Inter were not ready to wave the white flag just yet – and sure enough they levelled the scored at 2-2 on 78 minutes when Stefania Tarenzi fired past Katja Schroffenegger to cap off a flowing move from the home side.

That would have been a heavy blow for Cincotta’s side, having already fought back from a goal down to lead, but this team has shown character by the bucketload in recent weeks and would not be denied here.

On 84 minutes, Sabatino received the ball in the box with her back to goal. Instead of turning to shoot, the experienced striker laid the ball back for the onrushing Tessel Middag, who dispatched a glorious effort which kissed the crossbar on its way into the back of the net.

That proved to be the final twist in the tail of this scintillating game, with Fiorentina securing the win to give them the momentum going into Saturday’s Coppa Italia quarter-final. The opponents? Inter…

Inter 2-3 Fiorentina (HT: 1-1)
Scorers:
Marinelli 1, Adami 26, Sabatino pen. 64, Tareni 78, Middag 84.

INTER: Marchitelli, Auvinen, Kathellen, Bartonova, Merlo, Alborghetti, Simonetti (85' Catelli), Pandini (81' Brustia), Marinelli, Tarenzi, Mauro (70' Moller).
Subs not used: Aprile, Baresi, Debever, Pavan, Vergani, Rincon.
Coach: Attilio Sorbi.

ACF FIORENTINA: Schroffenegger, Quinn, Tortelli, Zanoli (57' Cordia), Thogersen, Middag, Adami (C), Vigilucci, Baldi (82' Monnecchi), Kim, Sabatino.
Subs not used: Ohrstrom, Tinti, Clelland, Pastifieri, Santini, Bartolini, Mani.
Coach: Antonio Cincotta.

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Il commento a caldo di Mister Cincotta tornato vittoriosamente sulla panchina viola.

Due reti in due match: Tessel Middag è "on fire" e ha firmato oggi il goal vittoria!


La photogallery del match.



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