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Match report
Football Elite
Division 3: Round 24 (setup 3, season 9)
Aston Villa
v.
Fiorentina
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
Emiliano VIVIANO71Antonio MIRANTE
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Kyle NAUGHTON2Lorenzo DE SILVESTRI
Andrew TAYLOR73Giovanni MARCHESE
Adrián 'Ezequiel' CIRIGLIANO4Marco MARCHIONNI
James COLLINS57Lorik CANA
Richard DUNNE766FELIPE Dias da Silva dal Belo
Steve SIDWELL77Maxwell Boadu ACOSTY
Barry BANNAN86RÔMULO Borges Monteiro
Emile HESKEY9Alberto GILARDINO
Nigel REO-COKER106Jozy ALTIDORE
Ismaïl AISSATI117Adem LJAJIC
Manager
Zeki FRYERS12Marco DONADEL
ADRIÁN San Miguel del Castillo13Gustavo Adolfo MUNÚA Vera
Carlos Javier CUÉLLAR Jiménez14Massimo GOBBI
Isaiah OSBOURNE15Haris SEFEROVIC
Moustapha SALIFOU16Gianluca COMOTTO

Aston Villa 2 Fiorentina 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 31,893, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Gianni BESCHIN 8, TV: highlights)
44 Cirigliano, 57 BannanScorers49 Ljajic
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners3
7Fouls3
1Offsides3
8Shots on4
9Shots off4
17Total shots8
6Shots saved3
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Kyle NAUGHTON
3A pin-point pass bobbled toward LJAJIC and his right foot shot raced narrowly over.
7A free-kick from BANNAN flew wide.
8ALTIDORE shot wide.
10HESKEY fluffed an easy chance.
11HESKEY headed just beyond the far post.
14A header by TAYLOR at the near post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper.
15A great effort from BANNAN scraped the outside of the post.
18VIVIANO was able to block a poor shot from MARCHIONNI.
20REO-COKER floated the ball to BANNAN who flicked it over.
22A shot from BANNAN was smothered by the Fiorentina 'keeper.
23MARCHIONNI's shot beat VIVIANO but rebounded off the Aston Villa woodwork.
24BANNAN was put clear by TAYLOR and he turned MIRANTE but rammed his shot wide.
29A delightful save prevented HESKEY from scoring a lovely goal.
34DE SILVESTRI drove a right foot shot wide from just outside the area.
34Uncertainty in the Fiorentina defence enabled HESKEY to hit the ball over the bar.
39MIRANTE saved a swerving shot from REO-COKER.
44GOAL!! A quick-witted CIRIGLIANO pounced on a loose ball on the left and made no mistake. (1-0 Aston Villa)
 
48MARCHIONNI made space on the right and dragged the ball to GILARDINO who touched the ball wide.
49GOAL!! An imaginative MARCHIONNI played a wonderful ball down the middle to LJAJIC who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (1-1)
51REO-COKER ran onto a delightful ball from SIDWELL but fumbled his shot wide.
57GOAL!! With his back to goal BANNAN wrong-footed the defence and flicked the ball past the Fiorentina 'keeper. (2-1 Aston Villa)
69A shot from AISSATI seemed a certain goal but MIRANTE managed to palm the ball away.
72The 'keeper dived to his left to block a lovely shot from Aston Villa's REO-COKER.
80The stunned MIRANTE stared in disbelief as a backpass from RÔMULO fell just wide.
81ACOSTY worked the ball to RÔMULO, ALTIDORE collected his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of VIVIANO.