A Serbian player equals Ronaldo's number in the Italian League.. It's Vlahovic
Serbian star Dusan Vlahovic equaled the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo's number for the number of goals scored in one year in the Italian Football League (33), during his team Fiorentina's 2-2 draw with its guest Sassuolo in the eighteenth stage on Sunday.
Although he came from behind with two goals to a draw and completed the match with ten men in the last twenty minutes, Fiorentina failed to stay single in fifth place.
After both Roma and Juventus won their match on Saturday, Fiorentina had to win on Sunday to maintain their single position.
"Viola", Roma and Juventus have 31 points, with the capital's team ahead of the goal difference in fifth place, behind Fiorentina and Juventus seventh.
This is the fourth consecutive victory in Serie A for coach Vicenzo Italiano's brilliant men this season.
Sassuolo advanced 2-0 within five minutes in the first half thanks to Gianluca Samaca (32) and Davide Frattisi (37), but the hosts responded in the second half with goals from Vlahovic (51) and Uruguayan Lucas Torreira (61), before their player Cristiano Biraghi was sent off. In the 68th minute, after receiving a second yellow card.
Vlahovic consolidated his lead in the league's top scorers this season with 16 goals, raising the number of his goals in 2021 to 33 in "Serie A" to equal Ronaldo's number achieved in 2020 when he was in the ranks of Juventus, knowing that this number has not been achieved since 1961 through the Argentine - Italian Omar Sivori with Bianconeri.
The Serbian will have the opportunity to break this record in the last match of the year against its host Verona next Wednesday.
It is noteworthy that the two best numbers in one year in the league are for Felici Borrell (41 in 1933 with Juventus) and Swede Gunnar Nordahl (36 in 1950 with Milan), according to Calcio statistics.
After scoring for the sixth consecutive game in the league, Vlahovic became only the second player in the history of Fiorentina to achieve this in one season in the era of the "three points for the winner" since Argentine Gabriel Batistuta when he scored in 11 games in a row in 1994, according to the Opta statistics website.
Later, Milan will play with its guest Napoli in San Siro at the top of the stage, Spezia with Empoli, Torino and Verona, and Sampdoria against Venezia.
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