De Ketelaere and Zalewski deliver in Florence draw

Atalanta earned a valuable point on a tough away trip to Florence, with De Ketelaere and Zalewski both finding the net in a hard-fought 2-2 draw against Fiorentina at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in the 2026/27 Serie A Enilive Matchday 9.

The Nerazzurri were forced into an early change as Kristensen went off injured, with Scalvini replacing him after just four minutes. The hosts made a strong start, with Pellegrino firing wide, Mastantuono forcing Carnesecchi to turn his effort behind for a corner and Fagioli shooting over the bar, all within the opening quarter of an hour. On 19 minutes, Atalanta had a chance of their own as De Ketelaere delivered a cross from the left, which Krstović let run through for Elmas to strike first-time, only for his effort to be blocked by Viery. Just before the half-hour mark, Carnesecchi reacted well to keep out Ndour's shot with his foot after the ball had taken two dangerous deflections. On 37 minutes, a neat passing move played Gaetano into the box, but his powerful right-footed effort flew over. Fiorentina responded a minute later through Mastantuono, whose left-footed strike also cleared the bar. The breakthrough came on 41 minutes: Gaetano did brilliantly to win back possession before De Ketelaere exchanged passes with Zalewski and placed a left-footed finish into the bottom corner to put us ahead at the Franchi. We almost doubled our lead moments later, as Krstović met De Ketelaere’s cross with a downward header that forced De Gea into a fine save. At the other end, Pellegrino then headed off target.

The second half began with a change to the refereeing team, as fourth official Marinelli replaces the injured La Penna. On 48 minutes, Mastantuono went for goal from a free-kick, but his effort went wide. Fiorentina then equalised 5 minutes later with Nije, heading home the equaliser in the 53rd. Fiorentina took the lead on 61 minutes when João Mário’s long-range effort took a decisive deflection, wrong-footing Carnesecchi. The Nerazzurri looked to respond immediately through Krstović, whose right-footed effort went narrowly wide. The equaliser came on 74 minutes: De Ketelaere timed his run perfectly down the right and slipped the ball through to Zalewski, who cut inside and found the gap at the near post with a right-footed finish to beat De Gea and make it 2-2. The final clear-cut chance fell to De Ketelaere on 90 minutes, but the Belgian's right-footed effort was kept out by a diving De Gea. The match at the Stadio Franchi ended 2-2.

The Nerazzurri will be straight back to work on Friday morning with a behind-closed-doors training session at the Centro Bortolotti in Zingonia.

FIORENTINA 2-2 ATALANTA

Scorers: De Ketelaere 41 (A), Nije 53 (F), Joao Mario 61 (F), Zalewski 74 (A)

Fiorentina: De Gea, Jiménez, Dragusin, João Mário, Viery, Ndour, Fagioli (Oulai 46), Brescianini, Mastantuono (Beto 91), Pellegrino (Gonçalves 91), Njie (Gnonto 69). Unused bench: Lezzerini, Christensen, Dodô, Valdepeñas, Mazzeo, Pirrò, Beldenti. Coach: Paolo Vanoli.

Atalanta: Carnesecchi, Zappacosta, Kristensen (Scalvini 4), Obrić, Bernasconi, Gaetano (Pašalić 58), Éderson, De Ketelaere, Elmas (Rowe 58), Zalewski (Kamaldeen 84), Krstović. Unused bench: Sonzogni, Sportiello, Samardžić, Idele, Plaia. Coach: Maurizio Sarri.

Referee: Federico La Penna from Rome 1;
Assistant referees: Khaled Bahri from Sassari and Davide Moro from Schio;
Fourth official: Livio Marinelli from Tivoli;
V.A.R.: Matteo Gariglio from Pinerolo;
A.V.A.R.: Federico Dionisi from L'Aquila.

Notes: Stoppage time: 2 minutes (1st half), 3 minutes (2nd half); Elmas (A), Viery (F), Pellegrino (F), Gnonto (F), Obric (A) booked