Dramatic night in Florence as ACF Fiorentina survived a European scare despite losing 4-2 after extra time to Jagiellonia Białystok.
Thanks to the 3-0 first-leg victory, the Viola advance to the Round of 16 on aggregate—but only after a chaotic and nerve-wracking battle defined by a stunning hat-trick from Mazurek and a decisive intervention from Nicolò Fagioli.
Mazurek Turns the Tie Upside Down
Fiorentina began brightly, testing the goalkeeper with Piccoli, but the script flipped quickly.
Mazurek opened the scoring in the 23rd minute and doubled the lead in first-half stoppage time with the help of a deflection that wrong-footed Lezzerini.
At the start of the second half, injury forced Fiorentina into a goalkeeping change. David de Gea came on—only to concede Mazurek’s third shortly after, leveling the aggregate score.
The Polish side suddenly believed in the impossible.
Extra Time Drama
Kean had the chance to avoid extra time late in regulation but fired over.
In extra time, Fiorentina finally responded. Nicolò Fagioli, introduced from the bench, restored calm with a crucial goal in the 107th minute.
Kean then forced a decisive moment, with Fabbian getting credit for the deflected strike that pushed the Viola back in control of the tie.
A late mistake from De Gea gifted Jagiellonia a fourth goal, but it came too late to overturn the aggregate deficit.
Match Report
FIORENTINA 2-4 JAGIELLONIA (AET)
(Fiorentina advance 5-4 on aggregate)
Scorers:
23’, 45+’, 49’ Mazurek
107’ Fagioli
114’ (defl. Fabbian)
118’ Imaz
FIORENTINA (4-3-3)
Lezzerini 5 (De Gea 46’ 4.5); Fortini 5 (Harrison 46’ 5.5), Comuzzo 5, Pongracic 5, Gosens 6; Fabbian 6, Mandragora 5 (Fagioli 62’ 7), Ndour 5.5; Dodo 4.5, Piccoli 5.5 (Kean 89’ 6.5), Fazzini 5 (Solomon 62’ 6.5; Gudmundsson 100’ 6).
Coach: Vanoli
JAGIELLONIA (4-4-2)
Abramowicz 5; Wojtuszek 6.5 (Bazdar 66’ 5.5), Bernardo Vital 6, Pelmard 6, Wdowik 6.5; Pozo 6 (Kobayashi 116’ s.v.), Romanczuk 6.5, Mazurek 8 (Rallis 105’ 6), Jozwiak 6 (Drachal 36’ 5.5; Flach 89’ 5.5); Pululu 6, Imaz 6.
Coach: Siemieniec
Referee: Jovanovic
Bookings: Multiple
Red card: Bernardo Vital (119’)
