Inter went behind after 16 seconds, fought back to lead 3-1, only to be held 3-3 with a 100th-minute Fiorentina penalty in a game dominated by VAR.
2018/2019 Serie A
3-3
Match Events
1' OWN GOAL! Fiorentina 1-0 Inter (De Vrij)
Ceccherini punts a long ball upfield towards the path of Chiesa, who uses his pace to get on the end of it and release a cut-back towards Simeone only for the latter’s shot to bounce off De Vrij and past Handanovic!
6' GOAL! Fiorentina 1-1 Inter (Vecino)
Fiorentina will be livid at failing to properly deal with a poor Inter corner, and Nainggolan takes advantage of the chaos by floating in a teasing ball for the ex-Viola midfielder to sidefoot past Lafont!
Despite the lengthy wait for VAR confirmation, Vecino’s goal stands and it is now 1-1 at the Artemio Franchi!
28' CHANCE! Gerson's shot wide out
Gerson is able to nick the ball off of Vecino and goes on an unchallenged run towards Inter’s box only for his low effort to drift just wide of Handanovic’s goal!
36' CLOSE! Brozovic's free-kick saved
To the anger of the home faithful, Ceccherini is penalised for a tackle on Martinez. The resulting free-kick is taken by Brozovic, who manages to eke out a save from Lafont for a corner which just about evades every Inter player around the six-yard area!
40' GOAL! Fiorentina 1-2 Inter (Politano)
An extended spell of Nerazzurri play around the Fiorentina area ends with Politano receiving the ball and jinking past Biraghi to cut inside and curl in a brilliant effort.
It was D’Ambrosio who managed to find Politano, with the Inter full-back having switched play out to the other wing to find the Italy winger.
52' Penalty Goal! Fiorentina 1-3 Inter (Perisic)
Fernandes did have his arm up high, giving off the look of a deliberate handball, and Inter are awarded a penalty after a lengthy consultation with VAR!
The Inter winger calmly sends Lafont the wrong way, sidefooting the ball into the back of the net with aplomb for his first Serie A goal since before Christmas!
60' NO GOAL! Biraghi's shot ruled out for an earlier foul
After Biraghi’s drive had rattled the back of Handanovic’s net, referee Abisso takes another lengthy look at VAR footage and decides that Muriel had fouled D’Ambrosio in the build-up to the Viola full-back’s strike!
The Artemio Franchi reacts to the decision with jeers and whistles as Pioli and his men look furious!
74' GOAL! Fiorentina 2-3 Inter (Muriel)
The substitute grabs another goal against Inter with a missile of a free-kick that goes over the wall and dips underneath the bar at just the right time!
It’s now 3-2 to Inter, but the Viola faithful have turned up the volume at the Artemio Franchi!
90+6' PENALTY GOAL! Fiorentina get a goal
A long ball upfield finds Chiesa, who tries to play in Pjaca only for his pass to seemingly hit the flailing arm of D’Ambrosio!
The Nerazzurri players surround referee Abisso before he consults the VAR footage, and despite replays suggesting that the ball does hit the Inter defender’s chest, he does eventually award the penalty to the delight of the home crowd and the fury of D’Ambrosio and his team-mates!
Veretout calmly dispatches the penalty past Handanovic by sending the Inter captain the wrong way to make it 3-3.
Match Report
Inter were left to rue a stoppage-time VAR-assisted penalty as Fiorentina salvaged a 3-3 draw in a remarkable Serie A encounter on Sunday.
Having been the benefactors of two decisions that went to the video review system, it was third time unlucky for Inter as the referee deemed Danilo D'Ambrosio had handled the ball in the sixth minute of seven added on, with Jordan Veretout eventually stepping up to slot home following a five-minute VAR check.
Luciano Spalletti's side had been 3-1 up seven minutes into the second half, when Ivan Perisic netted with Inter's own VAR-awarded spot-kick after Matias Vecino and Matteo Politano had cancelled out Stefan de Vrij's first-minute own goal.
But Fiorentina rallied, and after Cristiano Biraghi had a goal ruled out by VAR, Luis Muriel's stunning free-kick set up a grandstand finish, with Veretout keeping his composure in extraordinary circumstances to secure a share of the spoils in Florence.
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Line-ups
Fiorentina XI: V.Hugo, Laurini, Ceccherini, Biraghi, Veretout, Benassi, E.Fernandes, G.Simeone, Gerson, A. Lafont, Chiesa
Subs: L. Muriel, Pietro Terracciano, Dabo, C. Nørgaard, M. Pjaca, D. Hancko, N. Milenković, F. Brancolini, M. Graiciar
Inter XI: I. Perišić, S. Handanovič, Nainggolan, De Vrij, D'Ambrosio, M. Vecino, M. Brozović, Skriniar, Politano, Dalbert, Lautaro Martínez
Subs: João Miranda, Candreva, D. Padelli, Valero, Asamoah, Ranocchia, Cédric Soares, João Mário, Gagliardini