The striker of AC Fiorentina, Adrian Mutu is the fourth best scorer in Serie A, succeeding his 11th goal in the match played at home with Empoli, score 2-0, within Italian championship’s 25th leg, Datasport agency announced. Mutu, who scored a penalty, takes the same place in this classification as the Swedish striker from Internazionale Milan, Zlatan Ibrahimovici.
Also, Adrian Mutu was considered by the Italian press the best player of the match. Goal.com site gave the Romanian international an 8. “Mutu was the best on the field. He was the engine of his team. He pulled his colleagues and scored a fine goal. He caused panic on the left side, but he was also good on the central position,” wrote the quoted source. Corriere Canadese paper and the website fiorentina.it gave Mutu a scoring of 7.5. “The Romanian scored a superb goal. He collaborated well with Toni, although the Italian international wasn’t in his best shape,” wrote fiorentina.it.
In return, Datasport agency, Il Giorno paper and violanews.com and calciotoscano.it gave the Romanian striker a 7. “Mutu sacrificed for his team. He could run for Fiorentina main character title,” Datasport wrote, while Il Giorno stated: “Mutu, the best.” After the match, Mutu said the success obtained was very important for supporters, especially that the match with Empoli was the first played without fans in Florence, after the incidents from Sicily which caused the death of a policeman. “There is no show without the fans, hearing them encouraging really helps a lot. We played very well today, this was the third win in a row and we have continuity,” said Mutu for the club’s official website. The Romanian international mentioned his team is recuperating the distance from the other teams and that they are moving from the hot zone of the classification. “We look at the classification, both ahead and behind, but it is important to always play with the same determination and confidence,” Mutu also said. The first three best scorers are Francesco Totti (AS Roma, 14 goals), Luca Toni (AC Fiorentina, 13 goals), Gionathan Spinesi (Catania) and Roland Bianchi (Reggina), both with 12 goals.
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