”First round in our favor, we needed a victory. The team responded well, we are confident for the return match”. Vincenzo Italiano appears satisfied despite the many chances created by Fiorentina and the regret of having scored only one goal which keeps qualification for the final in the balance. ”Carnesecchi made two incredible saves on Gonzalez, in matches like these authentic champions face each other and he was amazing – declared the Viola coach – Closest final? I wouldn’t say so, but we’re holding on to this advantage. However, it is in Bergamo that we will have to give an amazing performance.’ The stakes are very high, we would have put our signature on a victory that came with an excellent performance”.
”We hadn’t expected to lose but the result allows us to leave the second leg open, in three weeks in Bergamo in front of our fans we will be able to overturn everything – declared Tullio Gritti for Atalanta, Gasperini’s deputy who was disqualified this evening – In the first half Fiorentina played better than us, the merits of the opponents must be recognized however in the second half the match was more balanced, Carnesecchi was very good but we could also have equalised, we didn’t lack opportunities. In short, everything remains open”.
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