Of Italpress
29-03-2024 – 15:51
“With the passing of Joe we have lost a father, a guide”, says the Viola coach FLORENCE (ITALPRESS) – “This break gave us the opportunity to recover some players, in particular the long-term patients, and to improve their condition. Little by little all the national teams have arrived, Milan are coming from a great moment, they are in great form, we know it will be a difficult match, we are playing it at home, we want to start again with a positive result, we must be ready.” It will be a Fiorentina that wants to put everything that is painful and indelible behind them, given the premature death of the former Viola general manager, Joe Barone, on 19 March, the one that will face AC Milan tomorrow at the Franchi stadium in Florence, in a test in which the lilies will also look for important points to relaunch their European ambitions. “It’s important to perform, to enter the pitch convinced that we can put a strong team like Milan in difficulty who are healthy – added Italiano -, but we know our value, we know that at home we must try to exploit the factor field and take advantage of this round to put important points in our ranking.
The match against the Rossoneri is a match like any other, there are three points that can give us extra momentum in the standings and we will do everything we can to get them.” “We’re fine, we’re coming from a period where we achieved some very good results also through excellent performances – continued the Viola coach -. In the last phase I saw a growing team, which in my opinion can do well because in the end a year’s work must come out and in my opinion we are starting to show it. We are improving in condition, the performances have improved and tomorrow we must try to put Milan in difficulty.” For the match against Pioli’s Rossoneri, Franchi will show up with a full house. “We know we are playing in a particular setting, I am convinced that the whole stadium will give us that energy and that strength to achieve the maximum – underlined Italiano -. I only ask that from now until the end we all work together to try to achieve something extraordinary, we succeeded last year, we cannot forget it, we did it all united and all together, we can do it again this year. I expect a great push from the stadium, especially in moments of difficulty because there will be some, and then it will be up to us to enhance everything that can be part of a match, therefore also involving our public and trying to give them joy important.” For Fiorentina, tomorrow’s game, as mentioned, will be the first match without general director Joe Barone. “They were special days, difficult moments – said Italiano – but as we knew our director Joe we know that we must start again immediately, honor him at our best and put into play what were his characteristics: passion, love, attachment for this city, for these colors and for this society and it is clear that we must try to honor him to the maximum. We must do it for his memory, for the president, for his family, for everything he left us, all of us must try to go beyond what his absence may be because we have lost a great guide, a father, we must try to find the energy and strength to go strong in all the matches as he asked us to do.” – photo Ipa Agency – (ITALPRESS). xb8/ari/red 29-Mar-24 15:50 .
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