Fiorentina-Verona and Udinese-Sassuolo on the pitch from 3pm
Fiorentina, chasing three points but loses Gonzalez
Fiorentina loses Nico Gonzalez but does not intend to stop: today against Verona they will be looking for a victory to stay in the race for a place in the Champions League. The round of 16 of the Conference League won last Thursday by drawing in Budapest with Ferencvaros have already been archived, Vincenzo Italiano (who remained silent today) wants to take advantage of his team’s good moment certified by a string of positive results even if starting from tomorrow he will have to do without his strongest player, Viola’s top scorer with 9 goals: the tests carried out following the injury suffered by Gonzalez during the match against Ferencvaros highlighted a second-degree lesion of the flexor muscles of the right thigh, the Argentine striker , the company announced in a note, has already begun the rehabilitation process awaiting to be re-evaluated in the coming weeks. The hope in the Viola clan is to have him back available for the League Super Cup scheduled for the end of January (the dates have not yet been made official) but at the moment it is difficult to make any predictions. The only certainty is that Italiano will have to give up his star player for a while and will have to make sure that his team, while waiting for the management to intervene on the market, does not suffer too much. Starting tomorrow against Verona, in one of those matches full of dangers. Among other things, Fiorentina arrives there after yet another midweek match although recovering, except for Duncan who is still out with fever, those players who missed the Hungarian trip: Arthur, Bonaventura, Sottil and Biraghi, the last three expected to wear a starter’s shirt. Ikoné and Kouamé will compete for Gonzalez’s place unless Sottil himself is moved to the right, Terracciano will return to goal and Martinez Quarta, who remained on the bench on Thursday, will return to center defense.
Cioffi: ‘Udinese is growing, we will have a good match’
“We are in the middle of a growth journey, we have to undertake it quickly, because the championship doesn’t wait. I’m sure the boys will give a good performance.” Gabriele Cioffi said this in a press conference on the eve of the home safety match against Sassuolo.
The Udinese coach made it known that he had already decided on the players in the starting 11. “One of these is Marco Silvestri, about whom I have never had doubts. We move forward with him. In defence, despite injuries and suspensions, I have a lot of choice: we have Masina, Perez, Kristensen, Kabasele, Guessand and Tikvic.
We need to look at who is there and give those present the chance to demonstrate that they deserve the starting shirt.”
Some good news is the recovery of Isaac Success: “He comes from three high intensity training sessions and is available – confirms the coach – He took a knee in the first minutes of the match against Verona and we lost him for 12 days”.
Cioffi also stimulates internal competition and appreciates the determination of Lucca and Thauvin: “That they claim space is important, it means that they have the desire. Now we simply need to work, without anxiety. The moment of the championship says that this is our reality and it is well It’s clear to everyone what we have to do. What the fans expect, what the press asks for, what the environment demands is the same as what we want.” “In the end, the court is always the pitch – observes the Friulian coach – if you do well you play. Also because there are no quiet weeks, there is always a surprise around the corner”.
Finally, Cioffi analyzes the last few days: “Between Monza and Verona I saw an increasingly aggressive attitude, the only match in which we decided to wait was against Inter for various reasons. They had the week without commitments and they severely punish teams that attack man to man. They scored four goals against Fiorentina, three against Napoli, five against Milan, so I decided to wait for them lower.”
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2023-12-17 12:15:42
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