Viola Nation - Fiorentina vs Spezia: Serie A 2020-2021A Fiorentina blog for Viola fanshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/50059/viola-fav.png2021-02-20T02:00:00+01:00http://www.violanation.com/rss/stream/220571112021-02-20T02:00:00+01:002021-02-20T02:00:00+01:00Fiorentina 3-0 Spezia: Player grades and 3 things we learned
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<p>It’s fun, remember? The game is supposed to be fun.</p> <h1 id="gwVRsG">Player grades</h1>
<p id="XlQnv8"><strong>Bartłomiej Drągowski</strong>—6.5: Didn’t really have all that much to do but still made a couple of quite good saves. Had one or two mixups with the defense as he came off his line but nothing to worry about. After a slightly iffy outing last week, it’s clear that he’s back.</p>
<p id="tGlPgp"><strong>Nikola Milenković</strong>—6: Like the rest of the team, spent the first half in a funk and had a bit of trouble tracking Riccardo Saponara of all people. Played his way out of it, though, and kept the dangerous Emmanuel Gyasi under wraps when the Ghanaian switched wings. Didn’t have to do anything too crazy but was, on the whole, solid.</p>
<p id="BYIGM7"><strong>Germán Pezzella</strong>—6.5: When the team was under siege early on and later in the second half, he was immense. 2/2 tackles, 11 clearances, 7/7 aerial duels, a block; that’s a heck of a performance. Seemed a bit uncomfortable tracking Kevin Agudelo up and down the pitch, fouling the Colombian 3 times, but never seemed at risk. He really needed a performance like this.</p>
<p id="WUW6w0"><strong>Lucas Quarta Martínez</strong>—7.5: You could argue that he was MotM and nobody would fight you. The highlight was a perfect tackle in space on Agudelo, but LMQ constantly harassed Gyasi and then Dani Verde, shutting down his side of the pitch and sweeping up behind Biraghi. Almost put the icing on it with a late goal, but Eysseric’s pass was juuuuust to far ahead of him. Remember when some folks were saying he was a bust? Pretty sure he’s responded.</p>
<p id="Az7qvC"><strong>Lorenzo Venuti</strong>—5.5: Put in a typical Venuti shift, which means that he was steady without ever threatening too much. Made a couple of great interventions in his own box but didn’t get forward much and was pretty reserved in the second half. His struggles with the ball are more down to his teammates’ inability to find him in space than anything else. Still probably the best option on the right.</p>
<p id="KwRM3N"><strong>Sofyan Amrabat</strong>—5: Seemed uncomfortable in a more forward-thinking role on the right of midfield than he is at the base. Racked up the touches but didn’t do a whole lot of good stuff and lost the ball dangerously a few times as well. Removed to make sure he wouldn’t pick up a second yellow (the first was a really dumb foul) and seemed steamed about it, but a break probably isn’t a bad thing for him either. Should be fine.</p>
<p id="0XbXOc"><strong>Erick Pulgar</strong>—5: Indescribably awful for the first 45 minutes. Constantly lost the ball, missed long and short passes, and generally played with all the grace of a baby giraffe on a frozen pond. Improved after the break and played a key role in the opener, but this wasn’t a great showing from the Chilean. Some of that was likely the tactics, as Cesare Prandelli wanted nothing but long balls early on, but yikes. We all know that Erick’s much better than this.</p>
<p id="ejzs7p"><strong>Giacomo Bonaventura</strong>—6: The pick of the starters in midfield by a good distance. Started as slow as his colleagues but began driving the team forward after the first 25 minutes or so. Naturally, as soon as he was hitting his stride, he rolled an ankle. Hopefully it’s nothing serious, as he’s quickly becoming one of the more important players in the team.</p>
<p id="mGovBS"><strong>Cristiano Biraghi</strong>—6.5: Involved in the first two goals, playing a nice ball to the back post for Tanino and a rare low cross for Eysseric. Had a lot of trouble containing Luca Vignali on the back foot and faded as the game wore on, but offered a lot more going forward than he has the past few weeks.</p>
<p id="v2UrKl"><strong>Dušan Vlahović</strong>—7.5: Starved of service in the first half, getting just 13 touches as the team focused on thumping balls at Kouamé. When the emphasis changed to playing through the defense and along the ground, he snapped into the game. A 9th goal on the season, a brilliant dummy to create the second, a selfless assist for the third, and a constant threat to the Spezia defense (he could’ve had another goal with a slightly more composed finish) demonstrate exactly how much he means to <a href="https://www.violanation.com">Fiorentina</a> right now.</p>
<p id="SYDiSk"><strong>Christian Kouamé</strong>—4.5: Not so much an indictment of the player as of the tactics. While he was clunky on the ball early on and lost it too easily, he was also deployed purely as a target man. He battled away admirably, winning 4 aerial duels, but that’s simply not his strength as a player and it showed. Might’ve been quite useful after the break but you can also fully understand why Prandelli gave him the hook.</p>
<p id="clkYzD"><strong>Gaetano Castrovilli</strong>—7.5: Nearly created a goal out of nothing within moments of coming on and was the catalyst for every scoring action on the night. Focused less on dribbling in traffic and more on bustling over the top, counting on his teammates to find him in dangerous spaces. Maybe he just needed a little time off after playing so much this season to remind him of exactly how unnaturally talented he is.</p>
<p id="RXvSVq"><strong>Valentin Eysseric</strong>—7.5: I’m honestly stunned by the whole thing. Involved in all 3 goals and, despite looking like he’s running through molasses at all times, seemed pretty useful. “Sprinted” to close down or get in behind, used the ball neatly, and got his first Viola goal since 2018. This is probably an outlier and he’s probably not the answer to Fiorentina’s problems, but forget that. Let’s just bask in the glow of a Valentin masterclass.</p>
<p id="iEcJss"><strong>Borja Valero</strong>—6: Came on in place of Amrabat to help keep the ball ticking along and did just that. Had a couple of wonderful little turns through traffic but also missed a couple of passes and got himself booked for being too old to keep up with these speedy kids. Still has a bit of life in those legs, but not a whole lot.</p>
<p id="5fDpRi"><strong>Igor</strong>—n/a: Late replacement for Biraghi to kill time.</p>
<p id="86D03a"><strong>Martín Cáceres</strong>—n/a: Ditto but for Venuti. Did look fairly fit, though, so Lollo may be looking over his shoulder.</p>
<h1 id="rLEy0Q">Three things we learned</h1>
<p id="rKUMdb"><strong>1. Keep it on the ground, dummies.</strong> We’ve touched on this elsewhere, but Fiorentina are not especially good in the air. Kouamé’s so athletic that he can jump and fight for high balls, but that’s far from his best application. Dušan, meanwhile, is weirdly bad at headers despite being very large. Perhaps Prandelli saw a weakness in the Spezia defense that an aerial bombardment could exploit, but it sure didn’t work out that way in practice. Instead, the Viola never won the second ball and just left the midfield open for the Aquilotti to break the other way. Maybe with Kouamé in for Franck Ribery, they swung too far the other way and invested too much into the Ivorian’s leaping ability, as Franck isn’t ever going to win passes like that. However, it seems obvious to me that with guys like Vlahović, Castrovilli, and Valero (to say nothing of Ribery, Amrabat, and uh Eysseric), the focus should always be keeping the ball on the ground and winning with intelligence rather than brute force.</p>
<p id="I7gE7z"><strong>2. Subs are a good thing. </strong>Jack had to leave early due to injury, but the midfield was so broken even before then that nobody would’ve been surprised by a Castrovilli-Pulgar switch either. Still, Prandelli making a halftime sub is a rare occurrence: he’s only made 5 in 16 league games, and has let the opposition make the first change in 10 of those games as well. A more proactive approach to the bench is always good and useful, even when your key attacking option there is Eysseric. If nothing else, this result demonstrates how a simple change in personnel can completely turn a game on its head. Let’s hope that San Cesare takes the lesson to heart.</p>
<p id="beaJQ2"><strong>3. Professional athletes aren’t bad at their sports.</strong> It’s easy to laugh at guys on the fringes of the squad for being bad or useless players. Especially with the rise of the banter era (which is awful and I hate), it’s probably too easy to clown on the end-of-the-bench guys. What we’re forgetting here is that a guy barely hanging onto a spot in Serie A is still probably one of the best 6,000 or so players in the world, and that, in the right circumstances, any of them can suddenly look amazing. Guys like Valentin Eysseric work insanely hard every day at their craft, so we shouldn’t be shocked when they do cool stuff. It’s a good reminder that players are rarely bad so much as shoehorned into roles that don’t suit their abilities as well. Cyril Théréau can still go kick rocks, though.</p>
https://www.violanation.com/2021/2/20/22292066/fiorentina-3-0-spezia-player-grades-ratings-3-things-we-learned-serie-a-analysisThe Tito2021-02-19T20:42:36+01:002021-02-19T20:42:36+01:00Fiorentina 3-0 Spezia: Highlights
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<p>The Viola shake off an abject first half for a 3-goal explosion after the break.</p> <h1 id="AyQHBi">Pre-match</h1>
<p id="F7ApSO">Cesare Prandelli left Gaetano Castrovilli on the bench. Everyone else was as expected. Vincenzo Italiano picked both Riccardo Saponara and Kevin Agudelo in the attack, which we predicted but which still felt like a jab somehow.</p>
<h1 id="FjbfVX">First half</h1>
<p id="8GSKB5"><a href="https://www.violanation.com">Fiorentina</a> were, in a word, awful. The forwards were invisible, the midfielders were full of mistakes, and the defenders looked nervous. It was among the worst 45 minutes the Viola have played in years, and they conceded 4 in a single half just last month.</p>
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<h1 id="5sNqqb">Second half</h1>
<p id="hWywyH">Pretty much out of nowhere, Cristiano Biraghi lobbed one into the back post. Gaetano Castrovilli made a lovely run from deep to meet the ball and somehow hooked it back across the goal before it went over the end line. Dušan Vlahović, completely unmarked, acrobatically tapped it home for his second excellent poacher’s goal in as many games.</p>
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<p lang="ro" dir="ltr"> Gol de Vlahovic.<br><br> Fiorentina 1 - 0 Spezia <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SerieA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SerieA</a> <a href="https://t.co/GmheWPIv6a">pic.twitter.com/GmheWPIv6a</a></p>— Mundo Fútbol (@MundoFutbol__ES) <a href="https://twitter.com/MundoFutbol__ES/status/1362882675552444420?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2021</a>
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<p id="OecayI">Fiorentina grabbed another one via that man Castrovilli. This time, it was some nice work from Erick Pulgar and Valentin Eysseric to spring Biraghi down the left, and the fullback kept his cross low (!). Vlahović neatly dummied it and, after a brief scramble, it was Castrovilli who lashed it home via a slight deflection.</p>
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<p lang="it" dir="ltr"> Gol de Castrovilli.<br><br> Fiorentina 2 - 0 Spezia <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SerieA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SerieA</a> <a href="https://t.co/YmsvVN5Sm3">pic.twitter.com/YmsvVN5Sm3</a></p>— Mundo Fútbol (@MundoFutbol__ES) <a href="https://twitter.com/MundoFutbol__ES/status/1362883237530501136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2021</a>
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<p id="dF5FNo">Spezia had no one to blame but themselves for the last one. Fiorentina cleared a corner and the Aquilotti defense dallied on it, letting Castrovilli steal in and send it forward for Vlahović, who was alone with goalkeeper Ivan Provedel. The big man unselfishly squared it for Eysseric, who steered it into the empty net for just his second Viola goal ever.</p>
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<h1 id="6Fvjnv">Full time</h1>
<p id="3IZTAQ"><strong>Goals</strong>: Vlahović 48’ (ass. Castrovilli)</p>
<p id="zMWeEJ"><strong>Cards</strong>: Amrabat 18’, Eysseric 75’, Valero 77’, Martínez Quarta 90’+2</p>
<h1 id="KcQOq2">What’s next</h1>
<p id="0nZVgS">First of all, let’s all hope that Riccardo Marchizza, who went off with a first half head injury, is alright. He lost consciousness while being stretchered off the field. Head injuries are real and they’re serious.</p>
<p id="fAf0q1">Anyways, the result means that, for the rest of the day, Fiorentina and Spezia switch places in the table, with the former rising to 12th and the latter sinking to 16th. Positive results for any of Benevento, Udinese, and Bologna could see Fiorentina drop back down, though.</p>
<p id="lbfO4j">This marked Cristiano Biraghi’s 100th appearance for Fiorentina and Prandelli’s 100th Serie A win as Fiorentina boss. All in all, not a bad Friday.</p>
https://www.violanation.com/2021/2/19/22291326/fiorentina-3-0-spezia-highlights-serie-a-goal-vlahovic-castrovilli-eyssericThe Tito2021-02-19T17:27:21+01:002021-02-19T17:27:21+01:00Fiorentina vs Spezia: Lineups and how to watch
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<p>No huge surprises for either side but certainly some familiar faces.</p> <h1 id="HUyYYX">Late news</h1>
<p id="iAW8mI"><a href="https://www.violanation.com">Fiorentina</a> boss Cesare Prandelli has chosen to bench Gaetano Castrovilli, leaving room for Erick Pulgar. Lorenzo Venuti and Christian Kouamé will also continue to start while the regulars are working their way back from injury. Spezia manager Vincenzo Italiano has opted for Riccardo Marchizza on the right of defense instead of his usual central spot. Ex-Viola players Kevin Agudelo and Riccardo Saponara both start in the attack, the former in his new and interesting false 9 role.</p>
<h1 id="S5NP4Z">Lineups</h1>
<p id="UwOk84"><strong>Fiorentina</strong> (3-5-2): Drągowski; Milenković, Pezzella, Martínez Quarta; Venuti, Amrabat, Pulgar, Bonaventura, Biraghi; Kouamé, Vlahović</p>
<p id="SaOHDZ"><strong>Spezia</strong> (4-3-3): Provedel; Vignali, Chabot, Ismajli, Marchizza; Estévez, Ricci, Maggiore; Gyasi, Agudelo, Saponara</p>
<h1 id="gsHmks">How to watch</h1>
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<p id="qRSR7L"><strong>Forza Viola!</strong></p>
https://www.violanation.com/2021/2/19/22290372/fiorentina-spezia-formation-lineup-serie-a-watch-online-stream-match-threadThe Tito2021-02-18T21:03:46+01:002021-02-18T21:03:46+01:00Fiorentina vs Spezia: Preview
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<p>The Viola need a win here and an undermanned but dangerous Aquilotti side is the type they need to take 3 points from.</p> <p id="iNo7tn">After <a href="https://www.violanation.com/2021/2/16/22286181/sampdoria-2-1-fiorentina-player-grades-ratings-3-things-we-learned-serie-a-analysis">losing</a> to Sampdoria despite looking the better team, <a href="https://www.violanation.com">Fiorentina</a> get a chance to right themselves at home against perhaps Serie A’s most surprising team this year in Spezia. This will be just their 8th game ever against the Aquilotti; they hold a record of W3 D4 (yes, they’re undefeated against them), but the reverse fixture—<a href="https://www.violanation.com/2020/10/19/21522330/spezia-2-2-fiorentina-player-grades-ratings-3-things-we-learned-serie-a-analysis">a 2-2 draw that felt so much worse</a>—is the only one in this century. The others are all from 1929 to 1939.</p>
<p id="kCXaww">The referee for this one is 44-year-old Gianpaolo Calvarese of Teramo. In 8 Serie A games this year, he’s dished out 35 yellow cards, 1 red card, and 4 penalties, which is roughly on par with his career numbers of 4.5, 0.25, and 0.3; he’s always been a fan of pointing to the spot. In 16 games under his eye, Fiorentina are W5 D5 L6; last we saw him was the 4-3 defeat to <a href="https://www.serpentsofmadonnina.com">Inter Milan</a>, where he actually did a fairly good job, all things considered.</p>
<p id="eqeiD0">The match will be played Friday, 19 February 2021, at 5:30 PM GMT/12:30 PM EST, at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in beautiful Florence. The forecast calls for a typically cloudy winter day, although it shouldn’t get too cold (not that you’ll be able to guess that from the way the players will doubtless bundle up) and there’s no real chance of rain.</p>
<h1 id="H60jad">Fiorentina</h1>
<p id="PptYMp">With just 6 points from their last 5, it’s safe to say that Fiorentina are teetering, although there are <a href="https://www.violanation.com/2021/2/17/22286303/fiorentina-analyze-relegation-prospects-drop-zone-serie-a-table-torino-cagliari">some other circumstances</a> at play—key absences, quality of opposition, inexplicable meltdowns—that keep them from looking too dire. Still, when you’re 16th in the table with 22 points and just 7 separating you from the drop zone, a -13 goal difference, and the league’s 2nd-worst scoring record, it’s reasonable to feel pretty anxious.</p>
<p id="rcPJEf">Manager Cesare Prandelli will have to turn things around without CF Franck Ribery (ankle) but will get CM Sofyan Amrabat back from suspension, which will likely push Erick Pulgar back to the bench. You know what to expect from the team at this point: a 3-5-2 with all the usual suspects. Despite a bit of chatter, Prandelli squelched the rumor that Aleksandr Kokorin could start, citing the striker’s lack of fitness; that means it’ll either be Christian Kouamé (good) or Valentin Eysseric (not as good) partnering Dušan Vlahović up top. RB Martín Cáceres (back) is also fit enough to travel, but Lorenzo Venuti’s recent performances may keep him in the XI.</p>
<p id="qXScXF">The first thing you notice about Spezia’s defense is that they foul more than anyone in Serie A. They’ve already earned 5 (!) red cards this season and have conceded 6 penalties, joint-most in the division. That trouble in stopping good dribblers means that Gaetano Castrovilli will have shoulder a massive burden to jet forward, linking play and winning fouls. That said, Spezia are quite good at harrying opponents through the middle, so Sofyan Amrabat will also carry a huge responsibility to keep things ticking in possession. It’s also worth noting that the Aquilotti excel at limiting crosses, which could see Cristiano Biraghi run into a lot of dead ends.</p>
<h1 id="LJKbsJ">Spezia</h1>
<p id="0NnXSA">In their first Serie A season ever, the Ligurians have impressed immensely. They’ve bulled their way to 13th in the table and have taken 7 points from their past 5 matches, although that hardly tells the story: they’ve won at Sassuolo and against <a href="https://acmilan.theoffside.com">AC Milan</a> in that stretch, as well as taking <a href="https://www.chiesaditotti.com">AS Roma</a> to the wire in a 4-3 thriller. Clearly, this is not a fluke team. They’re good, disciplined, and way more skillful than you’d expect from a club in its first ever top-flight campaign. They fully deserve their spot in the standings.</p>
<p id="ciC2AL">Manager Vincenzo Italiano has done a magnificent job but will have to conjure forth more magic. He’ll be absent star man and 9-goal CF M’bala Nzola (ankle) as well as LW Diego Farías (hip), RB Federico Mattiello (thigh), LB Simone Bastoni (suspension), and CB Martin Erlić (suspension); that won’t change his usual 4-3-3 setup. We’ll likely see former Viola players Kevin Agudelo and Riccardo Saponara; the latter started at striker last week in the upset over the Rossoneri, but Andrey Galabinov could replace him up front as well.</p>
<p id="KhDhFM">Spezia are a slightly odd club. They like to hit long balls and play on the break, but they also average 51% possession, largely deep in their own half, as they try to tempt opponents forward before bypassing the press with direct passes into a quick and technical front three. With the superb Nzola out, Emmanuel Gyasi’s searing pace becomes even more important. This is also a pretty good team from set pieces: Matteo Ricci is a good taker and they’ve got some big bodies to throw into the mix, which is how they’ve earned 7 goals from set pieces. They’re also not afraid to get the fullbacks, particularly Gianluca Vignali, forward to cross. Basically, this is a much better, more cohesive, and adventurous outfit than your usual newly-promoted outfit. </p>
<h1 id="aGQhnh">Possible lineups</h1>
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<h1 id="vfXyoW">How to watch</h1>
<p id="8pZQyf"><strong>TV</strong>: Nah, but you can check the <a href="https://www.livesoccertv.com/match/3777155/fiorentina-vs-spezia/">full international television listings</a> if you don’t believe me.</p>
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<h1 id="0EpdzN">Ted’s Memorial Blind Guess Department</h1>
<p id="X2rpgL">Hopefully, having Amrabat and Castrovilli together in midfield will help Fiorentina bypass Spezia’s energetic press in the midfield. Similarly, another week of Vlahović and Kouamé getting to know each other up front could pay big dividends. For the visitors, all the absences could finally add up to a loss here, despite the momentum of two straight wins over top-8 sides. That’s why I’m calling a 2-1 win for the good guys, with Vlahović and Kouamé on the scoresheet for the hosts and Agudelo (duh) for the visitors.</p>
<p id="VyJxfK"><strong>Forza Viola!</strong></p>
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