Fiorentina, Stefano Pioli directed at Antonio Conte and his Napoli team
Stefano Pioli, Fiorentina coach, presented the challenge with Napoli in a press conference. “I am excited to return to play in Florence– he admitted -Antonio Conte is among the top in the world for the identity he knows how to give his teams and for the titles he has won. We have prepared many strategies but then it will be the players who will make the difference”.
On opponents: “They have won two championships in three years and have strengthened so much. They are the favorite again this year and can also compete in the Champions League. Tomorrow how much the gap is will be told by the field, we are a good team and to date the level is similar: we also had 2 weeks to prepare and absences. I have great confidence even though we know the strength of the opponents”.
Striker situation: “Moise Kean and Edin Dzeko are back in confidence, Albert Gudmundsson is better and we will try until the last to see if we can recover him”.
The national team center forward has impressed paired with Mateo Retegui: “He is very strong and I think he still has great room for improvement when he is without the ball. The fact that he played well with Retegui certifies that when you know your teammate well you can always play well. I have many options, which also contemplate Fazzini”.
“At the end of the year we will see what our value is. I alone at Milan did nothing, there’s been work from everyone. We had a dream and every day we worked to try to reach it. It is not the coach who creates something magical, but the whole environment: technician, players, society and fans included. The manager said he wants to win so there will be a lot of work because there are at least 10 clubs that want to win and in the end they succeed in 2-3″ Pioli concluded.
