You can't keep Cristiano Ronaldo down, not even with a five-match ban.
Suspended for the first four games of Real Madrid's league season for pushing a referee, Ronaldo stole the show as he
got a much-needed 90 minutes and produced the game's one moment of outstanding quality.
The World Player of the Year rifled the winner into the top corner from a narrow angle with a finish so precise even he looked a little surprised as it nearly burst the net.
That strike capped a Madrid comeback after Jordan Veretout's powerful drive put Fiorentina into a fourth minute lead.
Ronaldo was also involved in Madrid's equaliser just three minutes later as his low cross was tapped home by Borja Mayoral.
Claiming to have been "persecuted" over the ban he received for lightly pushing the official after being shown a highly debatable second yellow card in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup, Ronaldo threatened to come back even stronger after sitting out Madrid's next three La Liga games.
On this evidence he isn't wrong. He was unselfish with the cross for Mayoral's equaliser when he could have gone for goal himself, but it was his majestic second that had the crowd on their feet and in his thrall.
Skipping inside the full-back on his favoured right foot, Ronaldo showed a fleetness of foot of years gone by before lashing an unstoppable effort into the top corner.