Fiorentina coach Beppe Iachini has confessed Franck Ribery will be eased back into action and said the Viola will face Brescia ‘as if we were playing Juventus’.

Fiorentina currently sit 13th in Serie A with 12 games remaining but Iachini admits it will be sad to play behind closed doors.

“We’ve missed football, even if beyond this aspect, it’s important that everything is done with great safety for everyone’s health,” he told TGR Rai Toscana. “The thing that displeases me the most is the absence of the fans.

Fiorentina coach Beppe Iachini has confessed Franck Ribery will be eased back into action and said the Viola will face Brescia ‘as if we were playing Juventus’.

Fiorentina currently sit 13th in Serie A with 12 games remaining but Iachini admits it will be sad to play behind closed doors.

“We’ve missed football, even if beyond this aspect, it’s important that everything is done with great safety for everyone’s health,” he told TGR Rai Toscana. “The thing that displeases me the most is the absence of the fans.

“They have always been the extra man on the pitch for Fiorentina. The fans have always followed us at home and away, with great warmth and affection.

“Playing in an empty stadium doesn’t give you the same feeling and emotions that it might with the fans present.”

But he admitted that the French star Ribery will have to take precautions after recovering from a serious long-term injury.

“He is training, he’s doing everything he can together with his teammates, trying to get back in the best possible way,” Iachini added.

“We will employ the lad in the best way to be able to make it happen. Since the programme is so tight and he has come back from a serious injury, we will have to evaluate many things.

“We will be working on his reintegration on the pitch together with the medical staff.”

Brescia arrive in Florence on Monday, but Iachini expects a complicated match despite facing the side at the bottom of the League.

“It will be a very difficult game. They’re a quality team, very well organised,” he claimed. “They have valuable players, we will have to head into this match with the same attention and concentration as if we were playing Juventus.”

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