Fiorentina and Argentina don’t just rhyme, they often travel arm in arm. From Bertoni and Batistuta to the last protagonist Nico Gonzalez, the history of the Viola club has been intertwined several times with that of the most Italian country in the whole of South America. At the start of the season, however, the trend towards a Fiorentina without Argentinians seems to have been reversed. A team in which Lucas Martinez Quarta and Lucas Beltran are unable to find the imagined or desired space.
The exclusion of the first is what certainly makes the most noise. Also because we are talking about the captain behind Biraghi, as well as fresh from the renewal of the contract until 2028 which was made and made official just last June. The first matches saw him practically always involved, but then he lost his place and is no longer finding it again, also thanks to the transition from a three (five) defense to a four: in the last three matches played by Fiorentina, Quarta always remained in bench.
There is even less space for Beltran. Had it not been for two Conference League matches, he would still have only one appearance as a starter in the championship, the one against Monza. In Serie A in the last month he has played just 19 minutes as a substitute, the difficulties in his case seem more to do with positioning than with other factors. Like the Italian before him, Palladino is having trouble understanding where the most expensive player of the Viola summer should play in 2023. There would also be a third Argentine in the lily squad, but defender Matias Moreno had just enough time to make the move. debut.