Fiorentina, Vincenzo Italiano does not trust Bruges despite lead

Vincenzo Italiano’s statements ahead of the challenge with Club Brugge

After their success in extremis at the Artemio Franchi stadium, Fiorentina will play their chance to reach the second consecutive Conference League final on the field of Club Brugge. On the eve of the match, the viola coach Vincenzo Italiano bluntly analyzed the competition that awaits his boys.

"Obviously we want to repeat ourselves and to do so è it is essential to be focused, concrete, without ever letting our guard down. In the first leg we did well but two mistakes cost us dearly, we cannot afford superficiality against such strong teams. The advantage we hold on to, we have this goal but we will have to put the opponent in trouble with our usual principles" began the coach of the Tuscans.

"Episodes will decide the game and we will have to bring them to our side by playing with head and discipline, both when we have the ball and when we don't. We must never pull the plug, never be superficial because even on a long ball you cané suffer, then recovering is not è easy. We have to know what we are playing for, the stakes è very high" continued the former Spezia coach.

"Florence è a very demanding square indeed, a square that puts that healthy pressure, which gives the stimulus to keep the attention high. It's normal that everyone has to improve, me for one who is young and has so much ahead to grow and improve. But I can only say that coaching in Florence è a privilege, the purple jersey è something fantastic and the chance to give him something extraordinary è beautiful. We are not finished yet. The path è positive, then è normal that everyone asks for more;… Florence asks a lot, but for me è everything is okay" concluded Vincenzo Italiano.