Fiorentina draw with 10 men

Fiorentina salvaged a 2-2 draw at Parma despite playing most of the second half missing a man dismissed.

Fiorentina's Borja Valero (R) and Esbjerg's defender Jonas Knudsen

Fiorentina salvaged a 2-2 draw at Parma despite playing most of the second half with ten men. (AAP)

Fiorentina have salvaged a 2-2 draw at Parma despite playing most of the second half on Monday with a man dismissed.

The Florence side stayed fourth in the Italian Serie A on 45 points from 25 games and occupy the first of two Europa League berths five points ahead of Inter Milan.

Parma are seventh on 37 with a game in hand against second-place Roma.

Matias Fernandez came on with 12 minutes left and drilled home a late swerving free-kick to level after Modibo Diakite's dismissal over a second yellow card.

La Viola played a fast-paced first half, but fell behind on 39 minutes to a sure-fire deflection from Antonio Cassano and levelled two minutes later as Juan Cuadrado scored in similar fashion.

Things worsened for the guests after the break, with a penalty converted by Amauri and Diakite's dismissal on 51, but the great shot from Fernandez allowed them to take home a point.

Parma's substitute Gianni Munari and guest midfielder Borja Valero were dismissed for a brawl in stoppage time.

Late action sees third-place Napoli sit on 51 points as they welcome Genoa. League leaders Juventus beat Torino 1-0 in a city derby on Sunday to move on 66 points and keep chasers Roma nine adrift as the Rome side won 1-0 at Bologna on Saturday.


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