Fiorentina start Juan Cuadrado and Mario Gomez in a strong Coppa Italia XI against Atalanta.
The Round of 16 kicks off at the Stadio Artemio Franchi at 17.00 GMT.
Vincenzo Montella said the Coppa Italia is his side’s best chance of silverware and the club is still stinging from last season’s defeat to Napoli in the Final.
There is a very strong starting XI for this knockout tie, as Chelsea transfer target Cuadrado plays with Gomez still looking to rediscover his long lost scoring touch.
Fiorentina start Juan Cuadrado and Mario Gomez in a strong Coppa Italia XI against Atalanta.
The Round of 16 kicks off at the Stadio Artemio Franchi at 17.00 GMT.
Vincenzo Montella said the Coppa Italia is his side’s best chance of silverware and the club is still stinging from last season’s defeat to Napoli in the Final.
There is a very strong starting XI for this knockout tie, as Chelsea transfer target Cuadrado plays with Gomez still looking to rediscover his long lost scoring touch.
Micah Richards gets a rare nod in defence, while new signing Alessandro Diamanti is on the bench and ready to make his debut after joining from Guangzhou Evergrande.
Atalanta rotate the squad and Coach Stefano Colantuono complained the Coppa Italia is unfairly geared towards helping the big clubs, so should be more like the FA Cup.
Alejandro ‘Papu’ Gomez, Richmond Boakye and veteran Rolando Bianchi start, while German Denis and Mauricio Pinilla haven’t even made the trip.
The Orobici are fresh from a shock Serie A victory over Milan at San Siro.
Fiorentina: Tatarusanu, Savic, Richards, Gonzalo, Marcos Alonso, Borja, Badelj, Kurtic, Vargas, Cuadrado, Gomez
Fiorentina bench: Rosati, Lezzerini, Fernandez, Pasqual, Tomovic, Hegazi, Pizarro, Brillante, Joaquin, Diamanti, Babacar
Atalanta: Avramov, Scaloni, Stendardo, Bellini, Dramè, Spinazzola, Migliaccio, Baselli, Gomez A., Boakye, Bianchi
Atalanta bench: Frezzolini, Rossetti, Biava, Del Grosso, Zappacosta, Grassi, Cigarini, Carmona, D'Alessandro, Molina, Maxi Moralez M