Mario Gomez admits the tension and lack of experience got to Fiorentina, but they reached the Europa League semi-finals.
They dominated both games against Dynamo Kiev, but only became sure of qualification in stoppages for a 2-0 victory in Florence.
“It was very tough and at the end you could see we were not accustomed to playing these games,” goalscorer Gomez told Sport Mediaset.
Mario Gomez admits the tension and lack of experience got to Fiorentina, but they reached the Europa League semi-finals.
They dominated both games against Dynamo Kiev, but only became sure of qualification in stoppages for a 2-0 victory in Florence.
“It was very tough and at the end you could see we were not accustomed to playing these games,” goalscorer Gomez told Sport Mediaset.
“This is why I am very happy that we can give this gift to the fans and to the club. It’s important to be a winning side, as everyone here gives 100 per cent.
“We worked all together and it’s a shame we went out of the Coppa Italia, but now we are in the Europa League semi-final and we’ll see what happens tomorrow.”
Fiorentina go into the draw with Napoli, Dnipro and Sevilla for their first semi-final since 2007-08.
Gomez had numerous chances, but scored almost by accident with a ricochet off his knee.
“God wanted me to score that way, as two or three minutes earlier I had slipped when clear on goal. That’s football.”