FOOTBALL Live

Sunday May 18, 2008 Finished *Olimpico

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Torino

Fiorentina

  • Osvaldo 76’

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Torino
    • Fiorentina
    • 90+3' It's all over in Turin! Pablo Daniel Osvaldo's superb overhead kick sends Fiorentina into the Champions League to cap a fine season for the Tuscan side.
    • 87' Brilliant save Sereni! Jorgensen takes aim from 25 yards and the Torino keeper leaps to his right to palm the ball over the bar!
    • 76' GOAL! 1-0 Fiorentina! Osvaldo heads Jorgensen's right-wing cross into the air and then sends a sublime overhead kick past Sereni! The Champions League is within touching distance!
    • 67' Jorgensen finds Liverani on the edge of the Torino box and he puts a left-footed half-volley straight at Sereni.
    • 65' Chance for Torino! Rosina cuts inside from the right and shoots but Frey blocks it with his legs!
    • 60' GOAL! 1-0 Torino! NO! Diana volleys home Stellone's cross from the left but he's very harshly given offside. Milan have now gone ahead against Udinese, meaning they are now ahead of Fiorentina courtesy of their head-to-head record.
    • 55' Chance for Torino! David Di Michele feeds Stellone from the left and he thrashes a left-footed half-volley over the bar!
    • 54' Milan have equalised against Udinese through half-time substitute Alexandre Pato. They're now two points behind the Viola.
    • 53' Santana hooks a left-footed volley narrowly over Sereni's crossbar!
    • 46' The second half is underway! With Milan losing 1-0 at home to Udinese, fourth-placed Fiorentina are in the Champions League driving seat.
    • 45+1' Half-time at the Stadio Olimpico. As things stand at the break, Cesare Prandelli's men are in next season's Champions League.
    • 44' Mario Alberto Santana's high cross from the Fiorentina right is headed down by Pablo Daniel Osvaldo at the back post before being cleared.
    • 33' Giandomenico Mesto has just given Udinese the lead against Milan at the San Siro. As things stand Fiorentina are three points clear of their Champions League rivals.
    • 30' Torino go close! Roberto Stellone gets away down the inside-right channel but puts his shot straight at Frey, who saves with his legs!
    • 27' More heroics from Sereni! From the ensuing right-wing corner Alessandro Gamberini powers a header towards the bottom-left corner but Sereni claws it away right on the goal-line!
    • 26' Great save Sereni! Fabio Liverani shapes a left-footed free-kick towards the top-right corner from the edge of the box but the Granata shot-stopper pushes it over the bar!
    • 18' Chance for Torino! Rosina draws a save from Sebastien Frey with a right-footed snap-shot towards the near post.
    • 14' Chance for Fiorentina! Zdravko Kuzmanovic crosses from the right and Giampaolo Pazzini tests Matteo Sereni with a downward header.
    • 2' An early attack from Torino! Captain Alessandro Rosina backheels the ball into the path of Aimo Diana and his cross from the right is headed behind at the back post by Martin Jorgensen.
    • 1' We're underway! Torino, in their burgundy shirts, white shorts and black socks, will kick from left to right in the first half. Fiorentina are in a change strip of white shirts with purple trim, purple shorts and white socks.
    • 13:55 TEAM NEWS: Torino are without suspended defender Marco Motta, but otherwise have a fully fit squad. Adrian Mutu and Marco Donadel are banned for the Viola, while Christian Vieri and Daniele Cacia are injured.
    • 13:45 Hello and thank-you for joining us for LIVE coverage of Torino v Fiorentina from the Stadio Olimpico in Turin. The equation for the visitors is simple: a win will secure fourth place and Champions League football next term. A draw and a win for Milan at home to Udinese will see the Rossoneri pip them due to their better head-to-head record. A defeat and their fate is in Milan's hands. Kick-off is at 14:00 BST.

  • Team Stats

    Torino Stats Fiorentina
    39% Possession 60%
    8 Shots 27
    4 Shots on target 11
    6 Saves 4
    6 Corners 14
    18 Fouls 9
    8 Offsides 3
    0 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    13 Tackles 16
    228 Accurate passes 404
    21 Bad passes 83

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Torino
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Matteo Sereni 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18 0 0
      22 Marco Di Loreto 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 20 0 0
      3 Marco Pisano 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 6 1
      15 Paolo Dellafiore 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 18 0 1
      23 Salvatore Lanna 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 16 1 3
      5 Eugenio Corini 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 44 6 3
      13 Vincenzo Grella 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 18 6 2
      19 Aimo Diana 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 24 1 3
      10 Alessandro Rosina 0 3 2 0 5 0 0 32 1 0
      17 David Di Michele 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 16 0 0
      77 Roberto Stellone 0 3 1 3 4 1 0 11 0 0
      8 Simone Barone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Nikola Lazetic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      31 Alberto Maria Fontana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Sasa Bjelanovic 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
      4 Alvaro Recoba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      21 Ivan Franceschini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Kwadwo Asamoah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Fiorentina
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Sebastien Frey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 0
      21 Tomas Ujfalusi 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 28 4 0
      5 Alessandro Gamberini 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 35 0 1
      24 Mario Santana 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 24 1 0
      11 Fabio Liverani 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 71 17 0
      18 Riccardo Montolivo 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 52 12 3
      19 Massimo Gobbi 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 45 23 2
      22 Zdravko Kuzmanovic 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 25 0 0
      20 Martin Jorgensen 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 52 3 6
      29 Giampaolo Pazzini 0 5 1 5 1 1 0 14 3 0
      9 Pablo Daniel Osvaldo 1 7 2 1 0 1 0 14 4 4
      25 Vlada Avramov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Papa Waigo N'Diaye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Manuel Pasqual 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 9 0
      7 Franco Semioli 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 11 5 0
      2 Per Kroldrup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Alessandro Potenza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      3 Dario Dainelli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 87' Brilliant save Sereni! Jorgensen takes aim from 25 yards and the Torino keeper leaps to his right to palm the ball over the bar!
    • 76' GOAL! 1-0 Fiorentina! Osvaldo heads Jorgensen's right-wing cross into the air and then sends a sublime overhead kick past Sereni! The Champions League is within touching distance!
    • 67' Jorgensen finds Liverani on the edge of the Torino box and he puts a left-footed half-volley straight at Sereni.
    • 65' Chance for Torino! Rosina cuts inside from the right and shoots but Frey blocks it with his legs!
    • 60' GOAL! 1-0 Torino! NO! Diana volleys home Stellone's cross from the left but he's very harshly given offside. Milan have now gone ahead against Udinese, meaning they are now ahead of Fiorentina courtesy of their head-to-head record.
    • 55' Chance for Torino! David Di Michele feeds Stellone from the left and he thrashes a left-footed half-volley over the bar!
    • 53' Santana hooks a left-footed volley narrowly over Sereni's crossbar!
    • 30' Torino go close! Roberto Stellone gets away down the inside-right channel but puts his shot straight at Frey, who saves with his legs!
    • 27' More heroics from Sereni! From the ensuing right-wing corner Alessandro Gamberini powers a header towards the bottom-left corner but Sereni claws it away right on the goal-line!
    • 26' Great save Sereni! Fabio Liverani shapes a left-footed free-kick towards the top-right corner from the edge of the box but the Granata shot-stopper pushes it over the bar!
    • 18' Chance for Torino! Rosina draws a save from Sebastien Frey with a right-footed snap-shot towards the near post.
    • 14' Chance for Fiorentina! Zdravko Kuzmanovic crosses from the right and Giampaolo Pazzini tests Matteo Sereni with a downward header.
    • 2' An early attack from Torino! Captain Alessandro Rosina backheels the ball into the path of Aimo Diana and his cross from the right is headed behind at the back post by Martin Jorgensen.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Sig. Farina

  • Torino

    Manager: Giovanni De Biasi

    Captain: 10. Alessandro Rosina

    On the Field

    • Sereni
    • Dellafiore
    • Di Loreto
    • Lanna
    • Pisano
    • Corini
    • Grella Substitution Out (82′)
    • Rosina
    • Diana
    • Di Michele Substitution Out (82′)
    • Stellone Substitution Out (88′)

    Subs

    • 9. Ventola
    • 4. Recoba Substitution In82′
    • 14. Franceschini
    • 8. Barone
    • 27. Zanetti
    • 20. Bjelanovic Substitution In82′
    • 31. Fontana

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    • 7. Motta

  • Fiorentina

    Manager: Claudio Cesare Prandelli

    Captain: 21. Tomas Ujfalusi

    On the Field

    • Frey
    • Jorgensen
    • Gamberini
    • Ujfalusi
    • Gobbi Yellow Card
    • Liverani Substitution Out (68′)
    • Kuzmanovic Substitution Out (55′)
    • Montolivo
    • Santana
    • Osvaldo Goal Substitution Out (78′)
    • Pazzini

    Subs

    • 3. Dainelli
    • 7. Semioli Substitution In55′
    • 2. Kroldrup
    • 25. Avramov
    • 20. Waigo
    • 6. Potenza Substitution In78′
    • 23. Pasqual Substitution In68′

    Injured

    • 32. Vieri

    Suspended

    • 10. Mutu
    • 4. Donadel