Fiorentina-Bologna 0-0 LIVE PHOTO in the field at the Franchi for the first quarter-final of the Italian Cup. The others will be three scheduled matches Atalanta-Milan, Lazio-Roma and Juventus-Frosinone
The referees
Daniele Orsato he is the referee designated to referee the Lazio-Roma derby on Wednesday 10 January at 6pm. Line assistants will be Imperiale and Rossi, fourth official Manganiello, while in the Var room there will be Irrati and Abbattista. For Fiorentina-Bologna there is Marchettiwith Serra and Di Paolo at Var. For the other match on Wednesday, Milan-Atalanta at 9pm has been designated Beautiful, with Ferrieri Caputi fourth official and Valeri-Di Martino Var and Avar. Finally Juventus-Frosinone on Thursday: he will referee Sackswith Tolfo and Palermo line assistants, Tremolada fourth official and La Penna and Aureliano (contested by both Roma and Atalanta for the direction of last night’s postponement) in the roles of Var and Avar.
Viola ready to react to the defeat against Sassuolo
The Italian Cup to react to the defeat against Sassuolo and stay in the running in a competition that Fiorentina cares a lot about: there isn’t a moment’s respite for the Viola team, they return to the field to face Bologna in the quarter-finals of the competition that the saw them reach the final in May, then lost 2-1 against Inter. Vincenzo Italiano and his players would like to try again, which is why having finished the first round in fourth place (placement not foreseen at the beginning of the season) they will do everything to overcome Thiago Motta’s rossoblù and continue their journey in the cup. All this despite the persistent emergency on the wings (the injured Nico Gonzalez and Sottil, Kouamé called up for the Africa Cup of Nations, are still unavailable) and a market which, beyond the many names (above all Ngonge, on pole, and Faraoni) is not still took off despite the coach’s requests, the team’s urgencies especially at an offensive level and the many commitments on the calendar. It was an eve of silence for Italiano who didn’t even speak for a few minutes on the club’s official channels. For him and his team, however, tomorrow’s match confirms to be a very heartfelt and important event, as the coach himself has declared on several occasions, the objective of his ambitious Fiorentina is to confirm themselves as protagonists like a year ago and remain in the running on multiple fronts : moreover, having reached the final in the last edition of the Italian Cup allowed the Viola to be among the four participants in the Super Cup scheduled, with the new formula, next week in Riyadh. In the meantime, Biraghi and his teammates will have to overcome the Bologna obstacle as they already managed to do in the championship two months ago, when the match ended 2-1 at the Franchi with goals from Bonaventura and Gonzalez, in the middle the momentary equalizing goal from Zirkzee . As usual, Italiano will change something in the lineup: no surprises among the 24 players who are the same as last Friday, the changes could concern the goalkeeper (Christensen for Terracciano) as already happened in the Conference and in the round of 16 of the Italian Cup won against Parma 6-3 on penalties. Compared to last Saturday’s away game, Ranieri should return to the starting lineup while on the left wing, but more advanced, the wildcard Parisi could play in place of Brekalo who is about to return to Dinamo Zagreb. In the midfield there is room for Duncan with one between Arthur and Mandragora, as for the attack at the moment Beltran is favored over Nzola.
Bologna dreams of another feat in the Italian Cup
Ferguson is back among the squad and probably among the starters, after his championship disqualification against Genoa. But above all, Bologna aims to return to the semi-finals of the Italian Cup 25 years after the 1998-99 season. Then it was defeated by Fiorentina. This time, Fiorentina is the opponent that the rossoblù will face in the quarterfinals. After the feat at San Siro marked by goals from Beukema and Ndoye and assists from Zirkzee, Bologna is looking for another unexpected result. Thiago Motta, in fact, is keen to clarify that Bologna is the underdog and killjoy of the situation: “We have the chance to play a beautiful match, against a great team and we will be very concentrated. But we are playing against a favourite, the format says so of the Italian Cup. In terms of personnel, Fiorentina has been ahead of Bologna for some time, that’s a fact. We work every day to fill the gap with these great teams. Italiano is a great coach with great players available. We have many guys here who give their all, we work to aspire and reach a higher level. Maybe it was planned that there would be Inter-Fiorentina in the quarter-finals, but we are deservedly there. We must try to take the match where we want it.” Bologna, fifth in the standings, is the surprise of the season and wants to surprise again. Motta, however, rejects comparisons with surprises from other leagues, such as Girona and Leverkusen: “I don’t see and can’t compare Bologna with any team. Bologna is Bologna, with guys who work a lot every day and that’s why we got the results we got view”. To continue on this path, the coach expects two reinforcements from the market, after the farewell of Bonifazi, who officially went on loan to Frosinone: “There are two names that are the priority and that were made to the club in order to maintain the level of this team and be able to continue competing until the end of this season. Then after that there are other situations that you could think about, but above all there are these two priorities, which can cover multiple roles.”
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2024-01-09 20:25:55
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