In view of latest news it has been seen that Fiorentina squandered a two-objective lead at home for the second time in five days on Monday and were scoffed off the field taking after a 2-2 draw with Torino which stacked the pressure on mentor Paulo Sousa.
It was very commonplace for Fiorentina fans who last Thursday watched their group go 2-0 up at home to Borussia Moenchengladbach — and 3-0 on total — in the Europa League however then collapse to a 4-2 crush.
Some 300 fans protested at an instructional course on Sunday, requesting the resignation of mentor Paulo Sousa, however the Portuguese said he would not stand down.
The result left Fiorentina eighth in Serie An, increasingly withdrawn from the race for Europa League places, with Torino one place behind them.
“We weren’t on the pitch for the first hour,” said Torino coach Sinisa Mihajlovic, whose side have won only one out of nine games since the New Year.
“We prepared for the match in a certain way and did exactly the opposite on the pitch. All five (missed) penalties were decisive and if we had converted them, we could have six or seven more points.”
Torino forward Andrea Belotti missed a punishment for the third time this season however then scored a support for the visitors in the second half after Riccardo Saponara and Nikola Kalinic had given the hosts a two-objective halftime lead. “I will sleep well tonight because I’ve done my job with great honesty,” Sousa told reporters. “The fans pay for their tickets, they have every right to make their feelings known. “They’re the soul of the club, they’ve been here the longest.”
Saponara gave Fiorentina an eighth-minute lead, handing over the bounce back after Torino goalkeeper Joe Hart superbly stopped Borja Valero’s shot, and Kalinic headed in seven minutes before the break.
Torino were no place to be seen and just Hart kept a greater lead for Fiorentina.
The second half was a totally extraordinary story and Fiorentina survived a let-off when Belotti sent a punishment against the crossbar after Carlos Salcedo had stumbled Lucas Boye, the fifth out of nine spot kicks squandered by the Bulls this season.
Fiorentina’s help was short-lived, be that as it may, as Belotti headed an objective back in the 65th moment in the wake of being left totally unmarked.
