Fiorentina scored three goals in the opening 22 minutes to set up a 3-0 away win over struggling Roma to secure their place in the Europa League quarter-finals , with the all-Italian match-up finishing 4-1 on aggregate . Roma 's season is falling apart , with the team having fallen 14 points behind Serie A leader Juventus in the Italian league and at risk of losing second place . A late sending-off for Adem Ljajic for a second yellow card capped a dispiriting night which saw about a hundred of the club 's ` ultras ' leave the Stadio Olimpico after 30 minutes , by which time Roma had conceded three times in a 13-minute span . Gonzalo Rodriguez converts a penalty in the ninth minute to give Fiorentina an early lead . Rodriguez races away to celebrate as the visitors get an early advantage at the Stadio Olimpico . Marcos Alonso celebrates as his 18th minute strike put Fiorentina 2-0 up on the night . Alonso is overjoyed as his strike secures a 3-1 aggregate lead for the visitors in Rome . Jose Basanta completed a remarkable opening 20 minutes for the Viola with a third goal soon after . Basanta is mobbed by his Fiorentina team-mates following his 21st-minute strike . Basanta receives treatment for a cut to the head during following his celebrations . Gonzalo Rodriguez converted a retaken penalty in the ninth minute , after a number of players encroached into the box for the first attempt . Marcos Alonso capitalized on a goalkeeping error to make it 2-0 in the 18th and Jose Maria Basanta headed in when unmarked in the 22nd . Roma captain Francesco Totti , goalkeeper Morgan de Sanctis and midfielder Danielle de Rossi led the rest of the team 's players over to talk to fans after match . Totti spoke for a long while with the head of the ` ultras . ' Fiorentina defender Stefan Savic ( left ) vies for posession with Roma forward Gervinho . Roma supporters burn flares in the stands as their side 's Europe League hopes go up in smoke on the pitch . Fiorentina celebrate after they booked their place in the Europa League quarter-finals .
Gonzalo Rodriguez gave the visitors the lead in the ninth minute . Marcos Alonso scored Fiorentina 's second soon after . Jose Basanta added a third to compete the rout at the Olimpico Stadium .