BOLOGNA, Italy (Reuters) – Fiorentina received their first away match in additional than two months by beating Bologna 3-2 to climb above AS Roma into fifth in Serie A on Sunday, as league prime scorer Dusan Vlahovic took his seasonal tally to 13 targets.
The groups started the day degree on 24 factors, however Fiorentina clinched a hard-fought victory within the “Derby dell’Appennino” to finish a four-match away shedding run stretching again to Sep. 26.
“Now that we’re fifth, we would like to keep right here. There are three extra video games to go earlier than we’re on the midway level of the season, and we’ll get as many factors as potential and see the place we’re,” Fiorentina coach Vincenzo Italiano instructed DAZN.
Youssef Maleh scored his first Viola objective to put the guests forward after 33 minutes, however Musa Barrow drew Bologna degree earlier than the break.
Cristiano Biraghi restored Fiorentina’s lead with a curling free kick earlier than Vlahovic transformed a penalty to enhance their lead, however Scottish defender Aaron Hickey got here off the bench to pull one again for the hosts with seven minutes left.
Striker Vlahovic, 21, turned solely the fourth participant to rating no less than 30 targets in a calendar 12 months in Serie A earlier than turning 22, and the primary since Inter Milan’s Antonio Angelillo in 1958.
(Reporting by Alasdair Mackenzie, modifying by Ed Osmond)
