29th and 30th minute
Sixty seconds. That was all Franco Mastantuono needed to flip the match on its head.
Two left-footed rockets, both from outside the box, both in the net. Venezia’s back line never saw it coming. The Argentine then waited until the 84th minute to complete his hat-trick and seal Fiorentina’s 4-2 win on Friday night.
He arrived in Florence on loan from Real Madrid. Until Friday, people were talking mostly about his potential. Now they are talking about his goals.
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A season that was already starting to stink
Something had to give. Three defeats on the spin, zero points on the board and a manager shown the door: Fiorentina had made a mess of their league start.
Paolo Vanoli took charge in Florence on Friday. First game, first win, and three points at last. For a coach arriving in the middle of a storm, it could hardly have gone much better.
Venezia, for their part, scored twice but never managed to keep pace. It was lively enough, just never really a contest.
What it changes
Not much in the table, not yet. One win does not fix a bad month. But Fiorentina mainly wanted to know whether they had a player in the squad who could win a match on his own.
They got their answer in Venice.
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