The Fiorentina coach, Raphael Palladinospoke after the friendly with Reggiana to the media present including FirenzeViola.it. These are his statements: “I’m very happy because we closed this first part with a good test. I saw great things, I’m starting to see good things. We are under construction, there is room for improvement, but we are only at the beginning”.
What to improve? “We need to analyze the match. A drastic change in the game system, in just 10 days I saw a change from the boys. We have time to work, we rest for two days and then we start again with great enthusiasm”.
On the market: “We wanted Pongracic together with the club. He’s a strong player, I liked him a lot, the club knew it. We were good to take him. He’ll have a great championship, he was very keen to come to Florence”.
About the fans: “The crowd was fantastic, I didn’t expect all this enthusiasm. It almost seemed like a championship match. We can promise that we will give it our all. We will try to change the minds of the skeptics.”
About Kean: “I’m very happy. For Moise it was the first friendly, I saw good things. I liked it.”
On Sottil: “Fiorentina must start again with everyone. Riccardo is a strong player for me, I spoke with him in recent days. We need to stimulate him and pamper him, but I do it with everyone. I’m happy with his performance. He put in a lot of effort. He must raise his scoring average, but he knows it.”