Friendlies: Fiorentina draws, Roma wins. And a striker may arrive in the Giallorossi

Friendlies: Fiorentina draws, Roma wins. And a striker may arrive in the Giallorossi

Saturday of international friendlies for Fiorentina and Roma. The Viola drew 1-1 at the Franchi against Greek side Ofi Crete, the Giallorossi won 2-1 in Tirana against Albanian hosts Partizani.

After a brief passer-by by Argentine Lucas Bertran, who greeted his new fans, in front of ten thousand spectators Vincenzo Italiano’s team broke the deadlock in the 35th minute through Kokorin on a pass from Sottil. Shortly before, Bonaventura had hit a post.

In the second half came Nzola, who had more than one chance to score his first goal in purple, but failed to take advantage of it. By contrast, Phellype made no mistake, who after taking a post equalized in the 90th minute with a close-range shot. It was a testing test for Fiorentina ahead of its league debut on Saturday at Marassi with Genoa.

Instead, El Shaarawy in the 12th minute and Belotti in the 26th minute, the only two strikers at Jose Mourinho’s disposal, put Roma ahead 2-0 in the first half, the penalty converted by Cara being useless for his opponents. But the real good news for the Giallorossi came from the market.

In fact, it is almost done for the arrival from Atalanta of Duvan Zapata. La Dea is asking €3 million for the Colombian striker’s onerous loan, the Capitolini are offering €2 million but it is likely that a compromise could be reached in the middle straa, with the inclusion of a €7 million right of redemption.

Negotiations will continue in the coming hours, and if the deal goes through, in the Nerazzurri instead of the Colombian will arrive from Milan the Belgian Charles De Ketelaere, seeking redemption after a disastrous season to say the least.