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Thursday 23 April 2015

Fiorentina 2-0 Dynamo Kiev (agg 3-1): Gomez and Vargas send Viola through

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.

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