Serie A | Verona 0-1 Fiorentina: Fagioli steals massive victory for safety

Fiorentina thanked several big David De Gea saves and a Nicolò Fagioli goal against the run of play, beating Verona to break away from the drop zone.

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This was a huge relegation dogfight, as the Viola were only two points clear of the drop zone and made the trip without Rolando Mandragora, Dodo, Fabiano Parisi, Manor Solomon, Niccolò Fortini, and Tariq Lamptey, but Moise Kean was risked from the start despite a recurring ankle issue.

Hellas were joint rock bottom with Pisa, missing Sandi Lovric, Armel Bella-Kotchap and Suat Serdar, although Domagoj Bradaric and Antoine Bernede were available again.

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

Fiorentina had a huge chance to take the lead in the fourth minute when the Nicolò Fagioli volley from the edge of the area smacked the top of the crossbar.

At the other end, David De Gea needed a sensational one-handed save to deny the Bernede scorcher at the near post, but Kieron Bowie scuffed from a promising position on the Rafik Belghali pull-back.

De Gea flew again to palm a Gift Orban strike out from under the crossbar, then had an even tougher save on Oyegoke after Bowie pounced on a Marin Pongracic error.

Verona kept pushing after the restart, as three times they flashed dangerous balls across the face of goal, with nobody able to get the tap-in, most dangerously when Bowie was inches away from getting his boot to it from four yards.

Bowie also cut inside to bend a left-foot finish just over the bar, but it was Fiorentina who took the lead completely against the run of play. Jack Harrison got down the right and laid it off for Fagioli to sweep in first time with the right foot from 14 yards. The home fans and players were furious, because only moments earlier the referee had stopped play for a Fagioli injury in a clash with Roberto Gagliardini.

The tension spilled out when Tomas Suslov and Albert Gudmundsson got into a brawl before a Verona free kick, leading to them both getting sent off with ripped jerseys.

It was a tough slog, but Fiorentina leapfrog Cagliari in the standings and practically doom Verona to relegation.

Verona 0-1 Fiorentina

Fagioli 82 (F)

Sent off: Gudmundsson 85 (F), Suslov 85 (V)

04-04-2026 17:00

MatchDay 31

Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi

Verona

Fiorentina

0 - 1

Player statistic

1st half

Roberto Gagliardini

17'

2nd half

Victor Nelsson		79'
		82'		Nicolò Fagioli (Assist: Jack Harrison)
		84'		Nicolò Fagioli
Tomas Suslov		85'
		85'		Albert Gudmundsson
Rafik Belghali		88'

Verona

Fiorentina

Starting lineups

1

Lorenzo Montipò

Goalkeeper

5

Andrias Edmundsson

Defender

2

Daniel Oyegoke

Defender

75'

3

Martin Frese

Defender

7

Rafik Belghali

Defender

15

Victor Nelsson

Defender

90'

24

Antoine Bernede

Midfielder

75'

11

Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro

Midfielder

63

Roberto Gagliardini

Midfielder

16

Gift Orban

Attacker

67'

18

Kieron Bowie

Attacker

43

David de Gea

Goalkeeper

6

Luca Ranieri

Defender

5

Marin Pongracic

Defender

15

Pietro Comuzzo

Defender

90'

27

Cher Ndour

Midfielder

80

Giovanni Fabbian

Midfielder

59'

44

Nicolò Fagioli

Midfielder

90'

21

Robin Gosens

Midfielder

76'

10

Albert Gudmundsson

Attacker

17

Jack Harrison

Attacker

20

Moise Kean

Attacker

76'

Substitutes

21

Abdou Harroui

Midfielder

34

Simone Perilli

Goalkeeper

14

Pol Lirola

Defender

36

Cheikh Niasse

Attacker

94

Giacomo Toniolo

Goalkeeper

73

Moatasem Al-Musrati

Midfielder

6

Nicolás Valentini

Defender

19

Tobias Slotsager

Defender

70

Fallou Cham

Defender

41

Isaac

Attacker

9

Amin Sarr

Attacker

67'

12

Domagoj Bradaric

Defender

75'

10

Tomas Suslov

Attacker

75'

25

Daniel Mosquera

Attacker

90'

1

Luca Lezzerini

Goalkeeper

53

Oliver Christensen

Goalkeeper

60

Eddy Kouadio

Defender

23

Eman Kospo

Defender

61

Riccardo Braschi

Attacker

63

Piergiorgio Bonanno

Midfielder

64

Lapo Deli

Midfielder

67

Edoardo Sadotti

Defender

91

Roberto Piccoli

Attacker

59'

22

Jacopo Fazzini

Midfielder

76'

62

Luis Balbo

Defender

76'

3

Daniele Rugani

Defender

90'

4

Marco Brescianini

Midfielder

90'