Now or never. The anticipation of matchday 33 between Fiorentina and Inter (at 20.45 pm) represents the point of no return for Stefano Pioli, who is forced to win both for classification and personal reasons. Speech that would also apply to Paulo Sousa were it not that the Portuguese, even more so after the defeat against Empoli, is now destined to leave Florence and this regardless of the results. In short, it is the Nerazzurri who play a lot more, from all points of view. “I'm confident about the desire I've seen to get out of this moment – explained Pioli. – We made mistakes in the last few games but I'm sure we are worth much more than that. This away match is a crossroads, let's win it and then we'll play everything in the next matches, including the direct clash with Lazio".
The only point collected in the last 3 games (moreover suffering from Milan's comeback) made the Champions League dream impossible and even the Europa League complicated, effectively removing the coach from the Inter bench for next season. The future, ironically, seems to be in Florence but the person directly concerned does not want to talk about this yet, convinced that he can still have a few chances in the Nerazzurri. “I'm tied to Fiorentina, it's the team where I've been the longest when I was a footballer – his comment. – It will be very difficult to win, they beat Juventus and Roma at the Franchi and drew with Napoli. But now I just want to talk about the match…”.
An up-to-date season finale (therefore 6 wins out of 6) could also reshuffle the cards, especially if Suning's goals (Conte and Simeone) prove unattainable. However, to make the XNUMX-in-a-row, the pre-stop compactness must be found as soon as possible, the one that had allowed us to bring the Champions area closer together and restore confidence in the whole environment. However, the defeats against Sampdoria and Crotone and the draw with Milan have eliminated the smiles and now the match in Florence is viewed with concern, despite the fact that the hosts are certainly not doing well.
If Inter's run-up has stopped, Fiorentina's hasn't really started: the Viola have been living in the middle of the table since the beginning of the season and can't wait to move on, starting with the coach. “I'll only talk about this in June, at the moment my adventure isn't over yet – Sousa glossed over. – We have a duty to still believe in the Europa League, let's try to beat Inter and then we'll see”. A match not to be missed for both, therefore to be faced with the best possible formations. Pioli will confirm the 4-2-3-1 already seen in the derby with Handanovic in goal, D'Ambrosio, Medel, Miranda and Nagatomo in defense, Gagliardini and Kondogbia in midfield, Candreva, Joao Mario and Perisic in the trocar, Icardi in attack. Sousa, forced to give up the suspended Kalinic, will respond with the usual 3-4-2-1 with Tatarusanu between the posts, Sanchez, Gonzalo Rodriguez and Astori in the back, Chiesa, Vecino, Badelj and Maxi Olivera in the midfield, Bernardeschi and Borja Valero behind the sole striker Babacar.
