Fiorentina play 0-0 friendly draw away to Nottingham Forest

Fiorentina had arguably the best scoring opportunities in their 0-0 friendly draw with Nottingham Forest, as Dodo hit the crossbar.

The Viola continued their pre-season tour of the UK after a 2-0 defeat to Leicester City, but Stefano Pioli fielded a much stronger starting XI in Nottingham.

There was a nice gesture before kick-off when former Fiorentina defender Nikola Milenkovic was presented with a jersey by his old club.

David De Gea needed an early save to deny former Bologna winger Dan Ndoye, who was making his Nottingham Forest debut.

Cher Ndour tested the opposition goalkeeper too on a corner, while there was a big double chance when Moise Kean forced a desperate save and Dodo turned the rebound onto the crossbar.

Pioli’s men moved between a 3-4-1-2 and 3-4-2-1 formation during the match, and had a big chance to win it late on with Matz Sels needing a great save to keep out Braschi’s header.

Nottingham Forest 0-0 Fiorentina

Nottingham Forest: Sels; Williams (Morato 72), Murillo (Carmo 72), Milenkovic, Cunha (Yates 65); Hudson-Odoi (Sangaré 65), Anderson (Jota 65), Gibbs-White (Boly 65), Ndoye (Abbott 65); Igor Jesus (Awoniyi 72), Wood (Stamenic 72)

Fiorentina: De Gea; Comuzzo (Sabiri 74), Pongracic (Fortini 74), Ranieri (Braschi 74); Dodo (Kouadio 74), Fagioli (Parisi 74), Ndour, Gosens (Fazzini 74); Gudmundsson (Viti 74); Dzeko (Pablo Mari 74), Kean (Richardson 74)