On the evening of December 19, Beijing time, the 18th round of Serie A continued, with Fiorentina playing at home against Sassuolo. In the first half, Skamaka and Flataisi each contributed, and in the second half Vlahović pulled back a city, Torreira scored another goal, and Fiorentina drew 2-2.
In the 31st minute, Flatesi's direct pass from the middle, followed by Skamaka swinging out of the angle and firing a powerful right-footed shot, the ball flew straight into the dead corner, Fiorentina fell behind 0-1.
In the 36th minute, Skamaka crossed from the left, Raspadori directly, followed by Flatesi calmly picked the shot, Fiorentina fell behind 0-2.
Trailing by two goals at halftime, Fiorentina were in a desperate situation, and in the second half they exploded:
In the 51st minute, Torreira made a steal and sent a straight forward, Vlahović single-handedly pushed the ball into the top right corner, and Fiorentina pulled a goal back.
Vlahović scored six consecutive Serie A rounds, becoming the fourth player in franchise history to do so since the 94/95 season, followed by Batistuta, Chiesa and Luka Tony. In addition, Vlahović has scored 16 league goals this season, topping the Serie A top scorers list.
What's more worth mentioning is that in the upcoming 2021, Vlahović scored a total of 33 Serie A goals, equaling the record held by Cristiano Ronaldo. According to the schedule, Fiorentina have 1 game this year, and it is entirely possible that Vlahović will break the record.
In the 68th minute, Biraghi elbowed his opponent, ate the second yellow card of the game, was expelled by a red card, and Fiorentina played one less person.
However, fiorentina still held the draw for the rest of the game, drawing 2-2 with Sassuolo and grabbing a point from their opponents. From 0-2 to 2-2, Fiorentina won their first Serie A draw of the season.
However, this 2-2, resulting in Fiorentina's three consecutive league wins, ended with 31 points in 7th place in the table.
This season, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Atalanta and Napoli have formed a title-contending group with at least a five-point advantage, and the top four patterns in Serie A have been formed. But the team behind them is biting tightly, Roma, Juve and Fiorentina all have 31 points, Lazio has 28 points, and there is only a three-point gap between 5th and 8th.
It is worth mentioning that Roma invited Mourinho to coach in order to get rid of the dilemma of years of failure to compete for four. However, it was not until this round that Roma won against a strong team for the first time (4-1 Atalanta).
Currently, Mourinho's side are 5th and five points away from the Champions League zone. According to Sky Sports, Mourinho's salary is as high as 16 million euros, of which Rome pays 7 million, which can be described as a bloody cost. If the madman can't lead the team to qualify for the Champions League, this gamble will be a failure.