📸 Fiorentina hit three, Sarapii pulls Kean’s hair, he sees red: 🟥 | OneFootball

Florence opens the new season with its official debut, surpassing Polissya in the first leg of the playoff that puts the qualification for the next Conference League at stake.

Pioli's team scores three goals and puts a serious mortgage on the passage to the group stage, with a view to the return match in seven days. Kean will certainly not be there, having been sent off and forced to miss the match after leaving his teammates with ten men for the entire second half.

🟥 Kean, direct red for reaction

In the 44th minute, Moise Kean loses his temper after a contact with Sarapii: the Polissya defender provokes him by pulling his hair, and the Italian striker reacts with a violent flail that hits him in the back. The referee does not hesitate and pulls out the direct red card.

The Viola bench erupts in protests, convinced that the Ukrainian player also deserved a card for the unsportsmanlike conduct. A ugly episode to watch, which leaves Fiorentina at a numerical disadvantage and some perplexity about the referee's judgment (along with the VAR) towards Sarapii.

Kean risks at least two games of suspension and will likely miss the first Conference League match as well.

⚽⚽ Autogol+Gosens+Gud: Viola scores three goals

Florence unlocks the game as early as the 8th minute with a flash of Kean: the striker receives on the three-quarters, widens to the left, wins a contrast, and re-enters on the right. His shot from outside hits the post, bounces off Kudryk's back, and ends up in the net, with a bit of luck that rewards the perseverance of the Viola number 9.

Shortly after, at 32', comes the doubling: Kean bursts down the right and puts a venomous cross into the area, Gudmundsson barely touches it, but on the second post, Gosens appears. The German controls with calmness and unleashes a right-footed shot under the crossbar, closing a perfect team action.

The definitive three goals in the second half, despite being down to 10 men: Ndour verticalizes for Gudmundsson, who burns the direct marker and diagonally pierces the goalkeeper.

🤯 De Gea #1: what a save!

At 23' De Gea confirms himself to be among the best goalkeepers around, with a truly miraculous save.

Andryievskiy draws a perfect cross into the area for Filippov's header, who escapes Pongračić and hits the ball in stride, directing it towards the corner. It seems like a goal, but De Gea stretches out with an extraordinary reflex and flies to deflect the ball, saving the Viola goal.

Near the end of the match, the Spanish goalkeeper surpasses himself again: he flies to deflect Hayducyk's crossed header, who had smashed the ball to the ground, directing it towards the corner. Only applause for him.

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