Vincenzo Italiano, from the Serie D playoffs to the double Coppa-Corriere.it final

A sweetly imperfect team that sometimes hurts, but fills the hearts of its people. the Fiorentina of Vincenzo Italiano, generous, courageous, sometimes unfortunate. His coach has Conte’s wild eyes and a bit of Zeman’s madness.

If I had to choose between Rome and Prague I would have chosen Prague. That is, the Conference final on 7 June against West Ham instead of the Coppa Italia final on Wednesday at the Olimpico against Inter. And instead
Italian took both of them
and now proud he says let’s try to turn a good work into a masterpiece. That is give away a trophy that Fiorentina has been missing for over twenty yearsthe 2001 Italian Cup with Mancini on the bench, before the bankruptcy of Cecchi Gori.

Meanwhile the purples swell their chests because no European team managed to reach the bottom of all international competitions, from the Champions Cup to the UEFA Cup, passing through the Cup Winners’ Cup, won in ’61. With the Conference, just in its second edition, Fiorentina closes its magic circle. And patience if both in Rome and in Prague he will have to chase the prediction.

Getting there after stormy seasons already a company and the merit, beyond a market that needs to be re-evaluated, above all of Italian, 45 years old, former midfielder and captain of Verona, whose coaching career never stopped. In 2018, five years ago, he won the Serie D playoff with Arzignano. Now he dreams, above all a European title, without forgetting the promotions with Trapani and Spezia. It arrived in Florence thanks to the intuition of sporting director Prad after Gattuso had turned his back on Commisso. We will see what happens in the next 17 days. An all or nothing seasonwhich began amid a thousand difficulties, criticisms, controversies, tensions and which, however it ends, will be remembered.