Fiorentina, Vincenzo Italiano update on Nico Gonzalez and Arthur
The words of Vincenzo Italiano
Fiorentina coach Vincenzo Italiano spoke on the eve of the return match of the Conference League round of 16 against Maccabi Haifa. "They will come here to go strong and overturn the result, we will have to be ready because'the opponent è of value – he stressed -. With merit we won the first leg but the match è open. We have a small advantage and we have to take advantage of it. We will have to be ready, the approach I am convinced that we will not fail".
"Last year's run was amazing,” he added, “especially because we never tried to manage and always went into the game to win. This allowed us to go all the way, nobody prepares games to administer, we have to propose what we did in the first leg, knowing that we can still take advantage. Going ahead would be important, but if we want to go all the way, we must never let our guard down. What we have prepared è very similar to the first leg match".
He then updated on the condition of Nico Gonzalez: "He asked for the change against Roma, he had not good feelings. Playing every 2/3 days è it was right to replace him. He is well and has recovered" and on those of Arthur: "He came from this bad ankle sprain and slowly he is improving. He was not 100 percent in the last game, he is growing in condition. The ankle is better and he è available too".
"Who will kick next? We were almost an hour today to fix this lack of ours. È it's too big an opportunity. We are throwing away too many chances. We have penalty takers, today in training we didn't miss a single one then the game è different. The missed penalties took some points away from us in the standings but we are still in all competitions. Pressures are part of this job, we are always in discussion" commented Italiano on penalties.
