Overview
- In the first leg at Selhurst Park on Thursday, Palace won 3-0 with goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta, Tyrick Mitchell and Ismaïla Sarr.
- Mateta, starting for the first time since January after a collapsed move to AC Milan, opened the scoring from the spot after Evann Guessand was fouled by Dodo.
- Mitchell doubled the lead when he followed in to score after David de Gea parried Mateta’s close-range effort.
- Sarr’s stoppage-time header made the margin three and left Fiorentina needing a big turnaround in next week’s return leg in Florence.
- The tie is Palace’s first major European quarter-final, with Dean Henderson back in goal after illness and Fiorentina short of forward Moise Kean through injury.