Fiorentina arrived at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona with a proactive gameplan, and were rewarded with an early goal. Their high pressing could not be sustained for the full game through, and Napoli showed some nice combination play at times. The away side prevailed though after playing a more counter-attacking game in the second half. Tactical […]
The most exciting and entertaining continental competition drew to a close for the 2022/23 season with the Europa Conference League final in Prague, where Fiorentina and West Ham United battled it out to win a rare trophy. The English side emerged victorious at the end of an interesting ninety minutes thanks to a late winner, […]
Both teams may have bigger fish to fry, but how calm waters affect a good catch. In that case, Fiorentina ground out a great result, having controlled the ball for long periods, whereas AS Roma yielded space after they opened the scoring. How such margins can affect the bigger picture in prospective. Tactical analysis and […]
It was time for the first of two big finals at the end of the season for Fiorentina and Inter. On Wednesday night, the latter defended their Coppa Italia crown against the Europa Conference League finalists, having also qualified for the Champions League final themselves. They did emerge successful, but without producing the best of […]
Both teams had a lot of problems in this match, demonstrated by the fact neither team had a pass completion rate of over 75 per cent. It was Fiorentina that pulled in three points late, thanks to a made penalty by Nicolás González. Tactical analysis and match report by George Cannon. Fiorentina hosted one of […]
Four years on from Fiorentina executing Napoli’s Scudetto dreams, they may have just done it again. Napoli failed to capitalize on early momentum, and structural issues off the ball paved the way for their opponents to provide a crushing blow, in the race for the Serie A title. Tactical analysis and match report by Joel Parker. […]
A lethargic and slumped performance is not desired when maximum points are the minimum. Internazionale was adaptable but lacked cohesiveness, with neither team able to capitalize on each other’s imperfections. Tactical analysis and match report by Joel Parker. The Scudetto sprint had seen Inter stride into an impressive lead: a team whose structure has kept their […]
In a clash that intrigued on paper, Atalanta’s current woes were on full display as Fiorentina were not made to feel uncomfortable at all. The home side were able to toil away with their more direct attacking approach until Atalanta finally caved. A lack of final-third entries, and a stifled flank buildup, hurt Atalanta’s usual […]
Two young Serie A managers squared off when Fiorentina faced Sassuolo on the final matchday of the first half of the 2021/22 campaign. Going into the season, both sides would have hoped to be in the race for European football at this stage, but only one could really claim to have succeeded so far as […]
As hosts, Fiorentina welcomed Napoli by commanding possession as they harried Napoli with a press. Napoli were stout defensively and looked to let their individual attacking quality come to the fore. But what both sides shared was a faltering in the final third as not much was created by way of quality chances. Two set […]