The Fiorentina striker Riccardo Sottil spoke to the official UEFA channels after the success against Pafos: “Every match in Europe is difficult because all the teams are strong, both physically and tactically. At the moment, beating Fiorentina is an objective of all the teams. We did a good race.
The second goal came on the counterattack, I put the ball in the middle and the goal arrived. Today’s victory was important, we have to take one step at a time and try to reach the direct elimination phase without having to go through the play-offs. This is because obviously every extra game you play takes away your energy. So today’s victory was fundamental, now we will prepare the next matches and tackle them one at a time.”