Mario Gomez and Juan Vargas helped Fiorentina to a 2-0 win over Dynamo Kiev and secured their place in the Europa League semi-finals with a 3-1 aggregate triumph.
Fiorentina
are aiming to qualify for their first European final in 25 years,
having finished as Uefa Cup runners-up to Juventus in 1990, and remain
on course following a first win in five matches in all competitions.
The
Serie A outfit piled on the pressure in the early stages - Gomez seeing
a goal disallowed for offside following a goalkeeping blunder, before
Marcos Alonso found the crossbar.
Fiorentina were boosted when
Jeremain Lens received his second booking for an alleged dive on the
edge of the penalty area, although television replays suggested he may
have had cause to feel hard done by.
That incident occurred five
minutes before half-time, and Fiorentina wasted little time in taking
advantage, with Gomez finding the net three minutes later.
Dynamo's
threat was limited throughout, and, with the exception of a late Sergiy
Rybalka effort, they showed little sign of forcing extra-time, or
snatching victory, and Vargas wrapped up the win in the fourth minute of
stoppage time.
No comments:
Post a Comment