Stefano Pioli believes Fiorentina “deserve to play in the Europa League for the club’s reliability” as pre-season started with a 17-0 win.
The Viola finished eighth in Serie A and would’ve missed out on Europe, but with Milan excluded due to Financial Fair Play violations, Atalanta are bumped up to the group stage with Lazio.
This means Fiorentina will, if the Rossoneri appeal is rejected, enter from the preliminary rounds.
Stefano Pioli believes Fiorentina “deserve to play in the Europa League for the club’s reliability” as pre-season started with a 17-0 win.
The Viola finished eighth in Serie A and would’ve missed out on Europe, but with Milan excluded due to Financial Fair Play violations, Atalanta are bumped up to the group stage with Lazio.
This means Fiorentina will, if the Rossoneri appeal is rejected, enter from the preliminary rounds.
“I am calm, because the situation doesn’t ultimately depend on us,” said the Coach in his Press conference.
“I hope we can play in the Europa League and I think we deserve it for the club’s reliability and the hard work of the team. We’d be ready if called upon and I really like what I’m seeing from the squad so far.
“It’d be a boost to our prestige and I’d be very happy to play in Europe. In any case, our objective this season is to improve our status.”
The Tuscans beat amateur side US Borgo 17-0 today, with Giovanni Simeone and 18-year-old Serbian Dusan Vlahovic scoring hat-tricks.
“I like that the players are enjoying themselves, as we’ve got to get back to that enthusiasm of when we were kids. I’ll use these friendlies to evaluate all the players, including those from the youth team who are worth betting on.
“Federico Chiesa will have to try to score more goals this season, as he has more than six goals in those feet. When taking men on, he has this impressive change of pace. He must be more active off the ball, maintain the right positions under pressure, and if he does that then he’ll improve a great deal.”