Fiorentina starting XI (3-5-2): De Gea, Pongracic (subbed for Zaniolo), Comuzzo, Ranieri, Dodo (subbed for Colpani), Mandragora, Adli (subbed for Richardson), Fagioli (subbed for Folorunsho), Gosens (subbed for Parisi), Kean, Gudmundsson (subbed for Beltran)
Bench: Terracciano, Martinelli, Moreno, Caprini
Goals: Gosens 34’ 42’
Real Betis starting XI (4-2-3-1): Fran Vieites, Sabaly (subbed for Bellerin who was subbed for P. Garcia), Bartra (subbed for Mendy), Natan, Rodriguez, Cardoso, Isco, Antony, Fornals (subbed for Ruibal), Lo Celso (subbed for Ezzalzouli), Bakambu (subbed for Atimira)
Bench: Adrian, Perraud, Sergi Aitor, Jesus Rodriguez, G. Garcia
Goals: Antony 30’, Ezzalzouli 97’
Ezzalzouli also scored in the first-leg 2-1 victory in Spain last week.
Betis increased their aggregate lead from the first leg with a goal from Antony in the 30th minute.
The midfielder, who is on loan from Manchester United, netted past former teammate David De Gea with a curling free kick that hit the post before bouncing into the net for his fourth goal in the competition.
Fiorentina’s equaliser (on the evening) came four minutes later from a Robin Gosens header off a corner kick.
Gosens made it 3-3 on aggregate before the interval, heading home again from another corner.
Fiorentina were runners-up in the third-tier club competition in the last two years, losing finals to West Ham United in 2023 and Olympiacos last year.
AAP
