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Erm, I missed it, but heres espns take on it, il watch the game tomorrow and offer some much shitter insight on it

Fiorentina 2-1 Udinese

A Stevan Jovetic brace helped Fiorentina beat a weakened Udinese side, who appeared to be more focused on next week's Champions League qualifier.
Maicosuel did put the away side in front after 28 minutes, but the home side responded well in the second half with the Montenegrin grabbing a brace, the second coming with almost the last kick of the game.
The result gives Vincenzo Montella an ideal start to life in charge of Fiorentina while Udinese will now aim for a better outcome in Europe on Tuesday.
Visiting coach Francesco Guidolin rested six players, including Antonio Di Natale, in view of Tuesday's Champions League play-off second leg against Braga while his opposite number Montella had no such concerns and was able to name his strongest starting XI.
This included Jovetic, who missed much of last season due to injury, and Adam Ljajic, back in favour again after falling out with Montella's predecessor Delio Rossi.
And Ljajic it was who caused the early danger with a free-kick saved by Zeljko Brkic and another effort saved by Udinese's Serbian custodian in the 24th minute.
Udinese took the lead with their first major attack in the 28th minute with Muriel sending Maicosuel through and the Brazilian kept his cool to slot his shot low past Emiliano Viviano and in off the inside of the post.
Brkic was kept busy by Fiorentina's attackers, but he kept them out to defend Udinese's lead to the break.
He was busy in the second half too, thwarting Ljajic twice before finally being forced to fish the ball out of the back of his own net in the 67th minute.
His own defender Danilo got in the way of Jovetic's shot which subsequently looped over Brkic and into the net.
Fiorentina substitute Mounir El Hamdaoui wasted the next good chance and it looked like Udinese were going to come away with a point, but Jovetic had other ideas as he grabbed a winner in stoppage time.
He was given too much time by Thomas Hertaux to set up and deliver a low shot into the far corner of the net.
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I have to say, all 3 goals looked really poor from a defensive standpoint. Attackers were afforded unbelievable amount of time with the ball in the penalty area.
 
These are the only team in Italy I give a fuck about, simply coz Florence is such a beautiful city that me and my bird like to go to, and I had a boss time there with with the lads when we got beat 2-0 a few years ago.

I took my son to a Fiorentina Sporting Lisbon CL qualifier a few years ago and it was fucking awesome.
 
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Remember this shirt back in the day ? Either a design clusterfuck or some dodgy antics going on !!
 
it is ...with the slight flaw that it's covered in swastikas !
 
Surging Fiorentina thrust itself into the race for the Champions League places with a 4-1 win over 10-man Atalanta on Sunday, while second-place Inter Milan needed a late own goal to draw 2-2 at home with Cagliari in the Italian league.
Alberto Aquilani scored twice and set up another goal, and Gonzalo Rodriguez and Luca Toni also found the net as Fiorentina won its fifth straight match and extended its unbeaten streak to seven.
 
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