Vincenzo Italianocoach of Fiorentinajoked on Tuesday that he had brought “chains and padlocks” to Athens to stop the Moroccan. Ayoub El Kaabi, Best player of Olympiacos, who they will face this Wednesday in the Conference League final.
The Fiorentina will return to the final for the European title after the disappointment of defeat in the last edition of the same competition. He does this with all available equipment, except Riccardo Sottiland there is a desire for revenge to break the 63-year drought without winning a title outside the borders of Italy, as the last and only one is the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1960-61. The Italian Cup 2001 was the last trophy celebrated by the Tuscan team.
“We are strong, Olympiacos also. We have experience and we must take advantage of it. For us it’s a revenge and I’m not sure we’ll get this chance. But we deserve to be back in the final. Now we must not make a mistake and play as a final request: with inner fire. This time we want it to end differently than in Prague,” he commented at a press conference. Vincenzo Italiano.
The great danger of the Greek team, trained by the Basque coach Jose Luis Medilibar, He is the center forward The Friend, who has 32 goals this season, 10 of them in the Conference League, 5 in the Europa League and 17 in the Greek Super League.
“We have chains and padlocks to stop him (laughs). Jokes aside, we know that he came with a lot of confidence in himself. Both he and the team did a great job. In the last games, Olympiacos was imposed on Aston Villa, who is one of the favorites to win the tournament. We know that this is one of our rival’s strong points and we tried to prepare tactical aspects that could limit them,” said Italiano.
The Viola coach insists on the idea of not changing games, something he always wants to convey to his team.
“In these three years I have always said that we must not lose our identity, especially in these games: maximum attention in every situation, maximum concentration for any kind of possible danger. We need intensity in the match. The game is too important,” he commented Vincenzo Italiano.
Furthermore, the coach of Fiorentina He spoke about the possibility that playing in Athens would benefit the Greek team because of the atmosphere of the city.
“When you enter the field you forget everything. The stadium will be divided fifty-fifty and, even if they play in their city it will not benefit them. They have not traveled as much as we have, it is true, but when they take the field everything will be equal,” he said. Italian
Source: La Verdad
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