The Fiorentina coach comments on the defeat against Milan: “They are one of the fittest teams and we put them in difficulty by honoring the memory of our director. Had we made it 2-2 there would have been nothing to say, Maignan he made two extraordinary saves. I’m saddened by the defeat but this performance gives me hope for our goals”
FIORENTINA-MILAN 1-2 – REPORT CARD
Vincenzo was saddened by the result but still satisfied with his team’s performance Italian: “We did everything we had to do, limiting Milan in the first half given that they are in great form – he says – We did it well, wasting energy and in fact 3-4 boys were exhausted and I had to remove them, their goalkeeper made excellent saves and then we absolutely shouldn’t have conceded that second goal. In my opinion we did the most by honoring the memory of our director, the boys have put a team like Milan in difficulty and we must start again from this performance.” Fiorentina always seems to be missing a little something to achieve a great result: “Belotti could have scored in the first half, in the second half Maignan made two great saves, but it lasts for one game. Today we played on equal terms, if we had found the 2-2 there would have been nothing to say.”
“The goal? It’s a problem but this performance gives me hope”
A Fiorentina that still struggles to score compared to the amount of goals created: “It was understood that the goal is our shortcoming, if our striker had scored we would be talking about something different but in certain moments we fail to exploit what we create, it’s a problem that keeps coming up and that we try to resolve every week.” In addition to the chase towards Europe through the championship, there are other important objectives, the Conference, the Italian Cup: “Now by playing every three days we have to try to take advantage of all the squad, rotate the men to get to the end like we did last year. I am convinced that with this spirit we can achieve last year’s objectives. Putting a team like Milan in difficulty gives me hope for the future.”
“Future, talking about it now would take away concentration”
And future still not decided even for Italiano who however doesn’t want to talk about it: “The concentration must remain on these thirteen matchestry to get to the bottom of everything. These conversations are not good because they can take away attention, the field is more important than individual issues also because I regret the defeat – he concludes – We must think about doing well, honoring the memory of our director from now until the end as we did today with this fury. For me that’s all that matters, as I think for the boys too. The objective is to conclude these last few months in the best possible way.”