There were three goals disallowed in the first half of Juventus’ match against Fiorentina; yet, the team rebounded to a 1-0 victory thanks to Federico Gatti’s reaction finish.
This victory helped to strengthen Juventus’ chances of playing in the UEFA Champions League the following season by putting an end to a string of poor domestic performances.
Despite the fact that Fiorentina was also experiencing a dry stretch in Serie A, Juventus got off to a great start and had the ball in the net twice in the first quarter of an hour of the match. The Old Lady had only won one league match since the end of January.
Both were disallowed for blatant offsides until Gatti scored a goal off of a Bremer header that rebounded off the post. Later in the first half, Dusan Vlahovic felt he had increased the advantage against his former team, but the goal was disallowed.
Fiorentina came back stronger in the second half, with Wojciech Szczesny tipping one attempt onto the crossbar at full stretch and Lucas Beltran being denied an equalizer only by his own teammate. This was similarly chalked off as a far more dubious call, and it was also ruled that the call was considerably more marginal.
A valuable victory was secured by Juventus, while Fiorentina’s own European aspirations would now almost probably depend on their performance in either the UEFA Europa Conference League or the Coppa Italia. Juventus was able to hold on for the victory.
Fiorentina took a very carefree approach in possession of the ball and gave away a lot of chances, which contributed to their superiority in the first half of the match. Their defensive strategy of moving into a high line fast after a set-piece did frustrate Juventus, but it seemed like it was only a matter of time before one goal did stand, and that is exactly what happened with Gatti’s strike that proved to be the game-winning goal.
Fiorentina began the second half of the match without a second striker due to a tactical shift that occurred at halftime. However, as the game progressed, they began to gain momentum, with Christian Kouame and Nico Gonzalez, together with Maxime Lopez, who came on as a replacement, having an increasing amount of influence on the game.
On the other hand, they were unable to produce a goal that would have been a justifiable equalizer, and the decision that Max Allegri made to push his team deeper and deeper into the game paid off.
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