Friendly surprise, Viola defeated by Galatasaray
Fiorentina’s first friendly outing in Austria ends 2 – 1 in favor of Galtasaray. Goals from Aktürkoğlu and Akbaba arrive in the first half, Sottil shortens the gap in the second half.
The Turkish team immediately took the lead with a ball recovered from the edge and thrown at the inside post by the number 7 of the Gala, Aktürkoğlu. The purple team, however, immediately shakes and touches the net with Benassi, shot blocked, Cabral who kicks just wide on the developments of a corner and shortly afterwards in an assist-man version sends Maleh into the goal, but his shot hits the outside post . After the interruption of a few minutes due to firecrackers and smoke bombs from the Turkish fans, Okan’s team finds the doubling with a filter from Oliveira that sends Akbaba into the goal, cold in the unstoppably angled beat.
In the second half, the Viola were close to scoring with Bonaventura, lying in the area at the time of kicking, but without Oliveira’s foul being recognized. Then Gonzalez and Cabral try, in the 71st minute Sottil hits the target with a nice diagonal on the fly on a cross from Benassi. After the goal Fiorentina goes up and with Martienz Quarta engages Muslera on the developments of a corner. Purple debut for Dodò who plays the last twenty minutes, including Jovic, Mandragora and Saponara with Fiorentina who in the end tries to find a draw, thanks also to the new energies introduced, but the result does not change.
Fiorentina on the pitch with these 11 initials:
Terracciano, Biraghi, Igor, Martinez Quarta, Benassi, Amrabat, Maleh, Bonaventura, Sottil, Gonzalez, Cabral
Available: Rosati, Cerofolini, Gollini, Milenkovic, Jovic, Saponara, Ikonè, Terzic, Venuti, Zurkowski, Duncan, Mandragora, Favasuli, Bianco, Nastasic, Kouamè. All Italian
Galatasaray takes the field with: Muslera, Dubois, Nellson, Bardakci, Van Aanholt, Oliveira, Kutlu, Akgum Akbaba, Aktürkoğlu, Seferovic. All. Okan
Available Kocku, Elabdellaoui, Bayram, Baltaci, Antalyali, Cicaldau, Akman, Yilmaz, Kilinin, Çağlayan, Luyindama, Kartal, Gomiş