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Juventus v Fiorentina result - Juventus boost Champions League hopes despite three disallowed goals

Serie A / Matchday 31
Juventus Stadium / 07.04.2024
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Adam Dickinson

Updated 07/04/2024 at 20:51 GMT


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JUVENTUS BOOST CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HOPES WITH SCRAPPY WIN
Juventus saw three first-half goals disallowed against Fiorentina but rallied to a 1-0 win thanks to Federico Gatti’s reaction finish, helping to fortify their hopes for Champions League football next season by ending a wretched run of domestic form.
The Old Lady had recorded just one win since the end of January but with Fiorentina in a similarly barren run, Juventus started strongly and had the ball in the net twice in the opening quarter of an hour.
Both were disallowed for offside before Gatti turned home a Bremer header that ricocheted off the post, and Dusan Vlahovic thought he’d doubled the lead against his former club later in the first half.
That was also chalked off for a much more marginal call though and Fiorentina came back much stronger in the second half with Wojciech Szczesny tipping one attempt onto the crossbar at full stretch and Lucas Beltran denied an equaliser only by his own teammate.
However, Juventus held on for a morale-boosting victory while Fiorentina’s own European hopes will almost certainly rely on their fortunes in the Europa Conference League or Coppa Italia.
End of 2nd Half
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FULL-TIME: JUVENTUS 1-0 FIORENTINA
And after taking the longest free-kick of the Serie A weekend, that's game over! Juventus end their wretched run, Fiorentina's European hopes look to now rest on their cup runs.
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GAME OVER
That will be that. Juventus break forward, Beltran can only concede the free kick and this will be time.
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GOT TO GET FORWARDS
So far that added time has been spent in their own half though, Fiorentina HAVE to push up!
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INTO ADDED TIME
It's just three minutes for Fiorentina to rescue the game.
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SUCCESSIVE CORNERS
It's three in a row now for Fiorentina but they just can't fashion that chance that they need. Yildiz hasn't been on long but is already in the book.
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KEAN TO GET INVOLVED
Kean's yet to score in Serie A this season, while Vlahovic looked disgusted with the substitution.
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WAS THAT THE CHANCE?
Beltran had to score... But was denied by his own man!!! The Argentine can't believe it, Lopez burst into box thanks to a crafty 1-2 and Szczesny dived for his low cross and failed to reach it. The ball fell to Beltran but Nzola can't get out of the way and saves the day for Juventus!
In defence, Dodo is on for Kayode who's impressed once again.
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Fouls against1
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GONZALEZ AGAIN
Juventus' play is running more and more completely through Gonzalez. This time a cracked pass switched the play from left to right in an instant but Bonaventura's cross wasn't good enough.
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ONE-WAY TRAFFIC
They're right on top of this game now. Fiorentina are seemingly settled in for a long defensive effort in the final stages.
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HIT THE BAR!!
That was almost a brilliant equaliser! The build-up was just a bit too pedestrian for Fiorentina, lots of passes around the edge of the penalty area but too many times the receiving player killed their own momentum with a deadening touch.
Gonzalez had done the same but then sparked back into life and lifted a curling effort towards the far corner of the goal - it would've nestled there too but for Szczesny's fingertips.
And there's a big-name replacement for Juventus! Carlos Alcaraz is on... Just not the Wimbledon-winning tennis player.
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HANDBAGS
It didn't take long for Ricciardo Sottil and Cambiaso to get under each other's skin, and referee La Penna had to intervene.
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WHAT HAVE FIORENTINA GOT?
Juventus are sitting deeper and deeper as the game progresses, and Gonzalez almost made them pay! He'd twisted Danilo inside out but the end product was absolutely woeful - he directed it into the middle like a cross but the delivery was that of a shot - bizarre!
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BRILLIANTLY DEFENDED
That's kept Fiorentina in the game! Kayode's pass struck Iling-Junior's head and bounced straight into the path of Vlahovic, but Fiorentina's defence contracted exceptionally quickly to delay his shot, and eventually Ranieri got the block in.
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BARAK OFF
Barak had started to sputter into life this second period but had been pretty ineffective before that.
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FIORENTINA SHAPESHIFT
That strikerless experiment is over for Fiorentina as Lucas Beltran trots on!
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ILING ON
And London boy Samuel Iling-Junior has also entered the fray on the left flank, Filip Kostic had been one of Juventus' brightest players.
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PENALTY?
Kenan Yildiz has only been on the pitch for a matter of seconds in place of Chiesa, but was claiming a penalty there! However, on second viewing it looked like he was expertly eased off the ball by Kayode and Federico La Penna was unmoved.
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On target1
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