Frosinone thrash Lecce 5-1, Fiorentina and Atalanta draw in thriller

The midweek round of the ninth Serie A matchday produced two games with opposite trajectories. Frosinone thrashed Lecce 5-1, closing the first half already 1-0 ahead and then running riot in the second half with an offensive output that troubled the Salento side’s defence for all ninety minutes.

Among Frosinone’s goals was one scored by Birligea, initially disallowed for offside and then confirmed by the referee after a VAR review: an episode that further extended the home side’s lead and that will remain one of the most discussed points of the evening, given its direct bearing on the final result of the match.

At the Franchi, meanwhile, the game between Fiorentina and Atalanta ended 2-2, with a comeback from the Bergamo side completed by Zalewski’s goal after the Viola had gone ahead in the first part of the match. A result that leaves both teams with the feeling of two points dropped rather than gained, in a match full of twists and turns and incidents that kept the outcome open until the final whistle.

The two matches, played on the same day of the midweek round, thus tell the story of a league in which the gap between the top sides and mid-table teams can narrow within ninety minutes, just as a scoreline can change face with the intervention of video review. Frosinone thus consolidate a clear-cut performance against a direct rival for survival, while Fiorentina and Atalanta remain level on points for the matchday, with both sides needing to find consistency in their upcoming league fixtures.

The news currently stems from a single source, the live coverage from the Lega Serie A picked up by the outlets consulted; no further independent source is available at this time on the technical details of the two matches.