"Wolves" with a Ukrainian in the squad were routed by the “violets”.
“Roma” of Ukrainian forward Artem Dovbyk suffered a crushing defeat away to “Fiorentina” in the match of the 9th round of the Italian Serie A season-2024/25. The match at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence ended with a score of 5:1.
“The Violets” opened the scoring in the 9th minute through Moise Kean, after which Lucas Beltran doubled the home team's advantage in the 17th minute, converting a penalty.
In the 39th minute, the Romans reduced the deficit – Kouadio Kone scored. But just two minutes later, Kean scored a double and returned the home team's two-goal lead.
After the break, Fiorentina brought the game to a rout – Edoardo Bove scored in the 52nd minute.
In the 65th minute, Roma was also left in the minority – Mario Hermoso managed to earn two yellow cards and a red card within five minutes.
The final score in the match was set in the 71st minute – an own goal in his debut game for the Roman club was added to his deficit by the experienced Mats Hummels.
It should be noted that Dovbyk came out in the starting lineup of the “wolves” and spent the entire match on the field. The Ukrainian was unable to score.
Review of the match “Fiorentina” – “Roma”
After this defeat, “Roma” (10 points) occupies 11th place in the Serie A standings. “Fiorentina” (16 points) rose to fourth place.
In the next round of the Italian championship, the Romans will host “Torino” on October 31, and the “violets” will play away against “Genoa” of Ukrainian midfielder Ruslan on the same day Malinovsky.
Recall that in the middle of the week, Dovbyk's goal brought Roma a home victory over Dynamo Kyiv in the third round of the main stage of the Europa League.