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Fiorentina defeated Celje in a thrilling match played at the Stadion Z’dežele in Celje on April 10th, 2025, for the UEFA Europa Conference League quarter-finals. The game, officiated by Felix Zwayer from Germany, was a back-and-forth affair that ended 2-1 in favor of the Italians.
Fiorentina took the lead in the 27th minute with a goal from L. Ranieri, assisted by M. Folorunsho. The match became tense with a yellow card for M. Moreno in the 35th minute. Fiorentina extended their lead with a penalty converted by R. Mandragora in the 62nd minute. However, Celje fought back, reducing the deficit with a penalty from L. Delaurier-Chaubet in the 68th minute. The match was characterized by a high number of fouls (16 from Fiorentina and 12 from Celje) and a total of five yellow cards, four for Fiorentina and one for Celje. Despite Celje having more possession (54%), Fiorentina created more scoring opportunities (10 shots compared to Celje’s 11), although Celje had a slightly higher shot accuracy (3 on target compared to Fiorentina’s 2).
Substitutions fiorentina: at minute 46 F. Parisi came in and M. Moreno went out., at minute 63 N. Fagioli came in and Y. Adli went out., at minute 63 A. Richardson came in and D. Cataldi went out., at minute 77 Dodo came in and M. Folorunsho went out., at minute 89 M. Kean came in and N. Zaniolo went out.
Substitutions celje: at minute 83 N. Iosifov came in and M. Kvesic went out., at minute 89 Edmilson Santos came in and L. Delaurier-Chaubet went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Celje
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Fiorentina
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