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By Jove! Jovetic gives Liverpool a hair-raising fright
He looks a bit like Screech from that U.S show “Saved by the Bell”, but there is nothing clumsy about Fiorentina striker Stevan Jovetic.
With a glorious crop of shaggy hair, the Montenegro striker destroyed Liverpool in the Champions League on Tuesday with two first-half goals that probably even shocked the Florence faithful.
The 19-year-old was thrown in at the deep-end with Alberto Gilardino suspended but responded in stunning fashion. Can anyone remember Liverpool being so overrun for 45 minutes?
If he wasn’t already, Jovetic will definitely be on the big clubs’ radars now.
The famous win for Fiorentina, fourth in Serie A last year, came at just the right time for the club. Things had been difficult with their president resigning last week while poor Adrian Mutu is still fighting against his enormous fine following his sacking by Chelsea.
It was also a glimmer of hope for the embattled Italian game after two years of flops in the Champions League.
It wasn’t just a ‘fright’ that he gave Liverpool – it was more like a lesson in clinical finishing and a defeat for them. Perhaps Rafa should turn his attention to him and snap him up, considering the lack of finishers in the team now.