Interviewed by today’s edition of the Sports Gazette, Adrian Mutu he spoke about Fiorentina and the curse of the two lost Conference League finals: “And I wish they could win it. Last year and the year before Italiano did a great job. Remember one thing: winning finals has a unique flavour, but in a grand final many factors come into play; reaching the final is for a few, and getting there, for that Fiorentina, means a lot. And it shouldn’t be underestimated.
The curse must be defeated and that’s it. Period. There’s no need to mince words but there’s no need to make any more mistakes. I saw the new Fiorentina against Parma. They struggled. But we’re on the first day and certain approaches are to be taken as initial ideas that will inevitably have different contours later on, when the transfer market is completed.
Gudmundsson is coming, will Nico hardly stay? In the meantime, we need to give Palladino time. The team has played according to a specific formation for three years, 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1, and now they start again with a three-man defence which, considering that the formation needs to be looked at when the team is in the defensive phase, is a 5-4-1. The 3-4-2-1 is a game that is very popular at the moment, it also has a more European feel and Palladino is one of the most interesting emerging players. Nico? Gudmundsson? We are even: if Nico leaves, a great player will leave and someone will come to replace him and who has strong potential”.