Fiorentina dumped out a dreadful Roma side, to progress to the quarter-finals of the Europa League. Rodriguez, Alonso and Basanta all scored for the Viola in the opening half, to give the hosts a 3-0 win (4-1 on aggregate) at the Stadio Olimpico.
Mohamed Salah came close in the 3rd minute when the on-loan Chelsea winger fired from range, but his shot went millimetres over the bar. However in the 6th minute, Fiorentina were awarded a penalty when Holebas went in for a reckless challenge on Fernandez inside the penalty box and the referee had no choice but to point to the spot. Rodriguez stepped up and sent 'keeper Skorupski the wrong way, however the referee ordered a re-take, when Basanta ran into the box, blocking the referee’s view of the spot-kick. Rodriguez stepped up for the retake, and sent the Greek goalkeeper the wrong way again, whipping the ball into the bottom left corner, to give Fiorentina the lead. Torosidis came close to levelling the score in the 16th minute when a brilliant Miralem Pjanic corner found the head of an un-marked Torosidis, but his powerful header flew past the post, to keep the score at 1-0.
Things got bad to worse for Roma when a terrible mistake from Skorupski gifted the ball to Alonso inside the penalty box. The left-back was given a golden chance to double the Viola's lead, and he took it as he dribbled the ball into an open net, to make it 2-0 to Fiorentina in the 18th minute. Basanta then joined in on the fun as the centre-back incredibly made it 3-0 to Fiorentina in the 21st minute, the defender was completely unmarked inside the penalty box for a Fiorentina corner, and Basanta headed the ball past a motionless Skorupski. Adam Ljajic almost salvaged something for the hosts, but his close range effort was saved by a decent stop from Neto. Roma came close again in the 37th minute when Pjanic’s header was goalbound, but Borja Valero was on queue to make a great goal line clearance with his head.
Salah then almost made it four to the visitors, when the Egyptian winger ran through the entire Roma midfield and defence, he only had to beat the goalkeeper, but his effort whacked off the crossbar, ensuring the scoreline stayed at 3-0. Babacar was unlucky not to finish his goal-scoring opportunity; Salah fed him through with a teasing ball but his shot was poor as Skorupski tipped the ball around the post for a corner-kick ten minutes into the second-half. Salah again hit the woodwork when the winger’s effort from 18 yards out smashed off the post in the 77th minute. To top off a terrible night for Roma, former Fiorentina forward Ljajic, received his second yellow card of the night in the 88th minute for a challenge on Alberto Aquilani that saw the Serbian international head down the tunnel for an early bath.