Fiorentina completes the required task and with the 3-2 victory against the Cypriots Pafos secures the pass for at least the Conference League playoffswith the possibility of skipping them if he doesn’t make a mistake in the last two remaining games between now and the end of the maxi-group.
Meanwhile, Viola are once again feeling the taste of victory on European soil, after having already recorded a great run in Serie A. And never mind if some missed passes were seen in Franchi’s 90 minutes plus injury time, the important thing is to have completed the mission prepared on paper.
Palladino, in fact, in his post-match analysis also and above all focuses on the most positive aspects of the evening: “Let’s enjoy the evening, then from tomorrow we’ll start thinking about Inter. A good match was played against a good team, we had great spirit, desire and determination. The victory was a little tainted by those two goals, but matches are also this: as soon as your attention drops a little they try to put you in difficulty.” And again: “We faced a very vertical team, but an excellent performance was put in: we risked little. We scored the goals a bit on our own, it can happen and guys know that they have to be more careful about this. Let’s take the glass three-quarters full if we want to be realistic.”