After the defeat against Sassuolo, the former Granata coach raises the alarm
The delicate moment continues for Fiorentina, last in the standings with 6 points. The Viola club, still without a win in the league, yesterday suffered its third consecutive defeat. In fact, Vanoli’s team was also defeated by Grosso’s Sassuolo, capable of prevailing with a 3-1 result at the Mapei Stadium, at the height of yet another forgettable performance by the Tuscans. After the match, the Viola coach expressed all his regret for his team’s bad moment: “We must apologize to our fans. I told the players that you don’t need players in these situations but you need men… no more alibis, you need courage. Fear of what when you lead 1-0? More beautiful than this! Fear should disappear… It’s not about the form, it’s about finding yourself playing for each other and I haven’t seen this since I arrived“.
Furthermore, Vanoli spoke about the penalty episode which involved several Granata players arguing before the spot kick: “The penalty taker was Gudmundsson but he didn’t want to kick it, the second was Mandragora, and Kean… wanted to kick it. But that’s not the problem, the problem is that after 5 minutes you find the goal and you have people pushing you… the problem is that now the alibis are over. Now we need 10 wins. Paolo Vanoli doesn’t have to do it, the players have to do it… in my opinion there are men in this team, they have to become men… the veterans today have to help the young people… now the time is up. You have to do something to win, you have to do it with reason, with determination, clarity and desire: these are the battles. I came here, I know it very well, I even gave up some money to come here, but because I believe it, because I believe it, strongly. No one has ever given me anything. I take the criticism, I will take it.”
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