Continuation and end of the 9th day of Serie A with a confrontation between Fiorentina and Empoli at the Artemio-Franchi stadium in Florence. A great opportunity for the Viola to return to the top three of the Italian championship. Especially since Vincenzo Italiano’s players remained on a seven-match unbeaten run in all competitions. But the series always end up stopping one day. And that day had come for Fio who quickly conceded the opener from Francesco Caputo after a rather balanced first quarter of an hour (21st, 0-1).
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If Giacomo Bonaventura’s teammates insisted on equalizing, the Viola could not reverse the trend in this second period despite the numerous changes made by their coach. Worse, Emanuel Gyasi even found the fault a second time at the very end of the match (81st, 0-2). With this defeat, Fiorentina misses a great opportunity to get back on Inter, AC Milan and Juventus at the top of Serie A while Empoli, thanks to the three points, takes the opportunity to escape the red zone of the championship Italian.
