Fiorentina, Raffaele Palladino keeps low profile

These are the words of the Fiorentina coach Raffaele Palladino after the spectacular 2-2 against AC Milan: “We came to San Siro to face a team with quality footballers who light up at any time. We did well with personality, courage, man-to-man duels. We had many chances to win it, but we could also lose it: beautiful match.”

“I liked the attitude and growth, the road is right. 7 points with Milan, Atalanta and Juventus, very satisfied. Gudmundsson angry about the substitution? Of course everyone would like to stay on the field, but for me they are all important, whether they play as starters or subs like Beltran. I needed fresh forces. In the second half Milan put one defender in marking and one in preventive on Moise Kean because we feared him.”

“He played a great performance of quality, sacrifice, commitment, duels. Our goalkeeping phenom also played great, but everyone. I haven’t seen such a compelling match in Italian soccer for years. The ejection? I never talk about the referees. I just told the fourth man that it was a corner kick on a situation involving Kean. I don’t use harsh words, I think there has to be dialogue on the field.”

“I have to be a fireman and keep a low profile. We are growing and we have to continue like this. We have seven more games to play with everyone. We boast an important mental and physical state and enthusiasm, as well as internal competition and seriousness. We need to be ambitious and at the same time keep our heads down and pedal with humility.

“Against mid-low ranked teams we had indecisions losing points on the road. From here to the end of the championship, the goal is to collect points precisely against those fighting for positions lower than ours, without pressure and with balance.”