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18:48 Atalanta vs. Liverpool line-ups

Atalanta: Musso; Djimsiti, Hien, Kolasinac; Zappacosta, De Roon, Ederson, Ruggeri; Koopmeiners; Scamacca, Miranchuk

Atalanta bench: Carnesecchi, Rossi, Toloi, Holm, Pasalic, Toure, Lookman, De Ketelaere, Bakker, Adopo, Hateboer, Bonfanti

Liverpool: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Jones; Salah, Gakpo, Luis Diaz

Liverpool bench: Adrian, Kelleher, Gomez, Endo, Nunez, Elliott, Jota, Tsimikas, Gravenberch, Clark, Danns, Quansah

Ref: Letexier (FRA)

18:45 Liverpool XI

 

18:44 Bergamo calling

 

18:42 POLL

 

18:41 POLL

 

18:35 Half-Time: Fiorentina 0-0 Viktoria Plzen

Definitely cursed.

18:33 Aaaaaaaaaargh

Such a great move, nutmeg on Chory, back-heel flick, roll across from the left for Nico Gonzalez, finish deflected wide!

18:31 Kouame off the crossbar!

OK, they are definitely cursed. Kouame controls, lets it bounce, thumps the left-foot strike and it bounces off the underside of the crossbar! Then probable foul on Nico Gonzalez, but outside the box.

18:30 Milan arrive

 

18:29 Risky

Jemelka with a sliding tackle on Beltran inside the penalty area. Let’s just call that dumb defending, but he did get the ball.

18:28 Dodo cross

Nico Gonzalez cross-field pass, Dodo floats in the cross, but Kouame and Belotti both go for it and rather get in their way.

18:26 Coming up

 

18:22 Ranieri booked

Bit of pushing and shoving at the byline, Ranieri and Chory are both booked.

18:20 That save

 

18:20 Argh

Biraghi dribbles through the middle, heavy touch and defence manages to clear.

18:18 Cursed

Vincenzo Italiano said he feared Fiorentina were cursed with their inability to score goals. He might have a point.

18:17 Belotti off the upright!

The move continued, Belotti header thumps the far post!

18:16 Ridiculous Save!

How on earth did he keep that out?! Lovely team move down the right, roll across for Kouame, incredible save!

18:14 Beltran is trying

He had treatment, is trying to come back on.

18:13 Beltran big problem

He has gone down to ground with head in hands. That’s not reassuring.

18:11 Beltran problem

Beltran landed a bit awkwardly on his ankle, he’s limping.

18:09 Nico Gonzalez effort

A lovely left-foot curler towards the far top corner, but the goalkeeper saw that coming and plucked it out of the air.

18:07 Fiorentina corner cleared

There’s pressure, but they need to speed things up a bit.

18:04 Save on Beltran

Dribbled forward after combining with Belotti, but scuffed the finish straight at the goalkeeper.

18:01 That Belotti chance

 

18:00 Coming up

 

17:58 Fiorentina keeping possession

They also had a free kick followed by a corner. Plzen love to defend.

17:54 Kouame chance

Offside flag went up eventually, but it was very tight, goalkeeper rushed out to make the block. Kouame is very fired up today.

17:52 Huge double Fiorentina chance!

Ooooh! First Belotti sliding in to the Kouame cross from the left, huge save from the goalkeeper’s legs from six yards, then the move continues and Kouame header cleared almost off the line!

17:50 Plzen threaten

Free kick whipped across the face of goal, Hranac sliding in just fails to connect at the back post!

17:49 Plzen corner

Aggressive start from the visitors, who win a corner, but not much comes from it.

17:46 We have kick-off in Fiorentina vs. Viktoria Plzen!

Fiorentina: Terracciano; Dodo, Milenkovic, Ranieri, Biraghi; Mandragora, Arthur; Nico Gonzalez, Beltran, Kouame; Belotti

Viktoria Plzen: Jedlicka; Hranac,Hejda, Jemelka; Kopic, Kalvach, Cerv, Cadu; Sulc; Vydra, Chory

Ref: Manzano (ESP)

17:45 A minute’s silence

As it is the first UEFA home game since his death, there is a minute’s silence for Fiorentina director Joe Barone. Members of his family are present.

17:41 Out come the teams

Here we go!

17:35 Fiorentina vs. Viktoria Plzen

Fiorentina: Terracciano; Dodo, Milenkovic, Ranieri, Biraghi; Mandragora, Arthur; Nico Gonzalez, Beltran, Kouame; Belotti

Fiorentina bench: Christensen, Sottil, Maxime Lopez, Ikone, Infantino, Faraoni, Martinez Quarta, Duncan, Kayode, Comuzzo, Parisi, Barak

Viktoria Plzen: Jedlicka; Hranac,Hejda, Jemelka; Kopic, Kalvach, Cerv, Cadu; Sulc; Vydra, Chory

Plzen bench: Tvrdon, Baier, Paluska, Kliment, Traore, Reznik, Mosquera, Dweh

Ref: Manzano (ESP)

17:31 Tough opponents

 

17:13 Vincenzo Italiano speaks

 

16:59 Nzola absent

M’Bala Nzola recovered from injury, but is absent due to family reasons.

16:47 Bonaventura out

Jack Bonaventura out with an ankle injury, not even on the bench.

16:38 Coming up

 

16:37 Florence

 

16:36 Team News

 

16:34 Fiorentina vs. Viktoria Plzen line-ups

Fiorentina: Terracciano; Dodo, Milenkovic, Ranieri, Biraghi; Mandragora, Arthur; Nico Gonzalez, Beltran, Kouame; Belotti

Fiorentina bench: Christensen, Sottil, Maxime Lopez, Ikone, Infantino, Faraoni, Martinez Quarta, Duncan, Kayode, Comuzzo, Parisi, Barak

Viktoria Plzen: Jedlicka; Hranac,Hejda, Jemelka; Kopic, Kalvach, Cerv, Cadu; Sulc; Vydra, Chory

Plzen bench: Tvrdon, Baier, Paluska, Kliment, Traore, Reznik, Mosquera, Dweh

Ref: Manzano (ESP)

The build-up and action as it happens from the quarter-finals, as Fiorentina host Viktoria Plzen for the Conference League, while in the Europa League Roma defend a 1-0 lead over Milan and Atalanta eye another Liverpool shock.

We begin at 17.45 UK time (16.45 GMT) at the Stadio Franchi, where it’s all to play for in the Conference League after Fiorentina’s goalless draw in Plzen.

The Europa League takes centre-stage at 20.00 UK time (19.00 GMT) with Roma leading 1-0 from the first leg away to Milan, while Atalanta have a huge advantage following a 3-0 victory at Anfield.

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