Coppa Italia, Fiorentina-Juve: Vlahovic returns to Franchi: will it be whistles?

Motivational videos, the words of the players, the excitement of the fans on the web. Florence is ready for the first of the three matches on the calendar against Juventus distilled as follows: first leg of the semi-final of the Italian Cup in March, return in April, last championship in May. A challenge to Juve a month to close a season of emotions. In reality, the purple world has already been ready since February 10th: a date that, with the crossings of the quarters, put two historical rivals in front of the board. “It’s not a match like any other”, is the title of the video published by the club’s official website which retraces past matches and historic goals, including those of the crazy 4-2 comeback with Pepito Rossi’s hat-trick. And “It will never be a match like any other” is the continuation of the video that has been on the home page for a couple of days. In the title, someone saw a reference to Vlahovic’s first words as a Juventus player about this match. “A match like any other,” he said. Instead, recently changing the shot in a “mix of emotions”.

WAITING AND TICKETS

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On the street, on the radio, on the web, as far as football topics are concerned, we talk about nothing else. The players are on the same wavelength explaining the importance of the event in all circumstances. The first as Vlahovic’s ex adds chilli to a very spicy course of him. In this regard, on the welcome to be reserved for him, the site Violanews published a poll. At the moment the whistles option wins from the first minute (56%), compared to the second option “total indifference” with 25% and “like all the other Juventus players at 19%”. On Firenzeviola, on the other hand, a great former viola beloved in these parts like “Pek” David Pizarro, who knows the environment perfectly, joked: “I think the viola fans will remind him one by one who his family are …” . As for the tickets, the capacity being set at 75%, there are about 33 thousand available. The queues outside the ticket offices of the first days were followed by a slight stop. Last night about 23 thousand tickets were sold: Fiesole and Parterre sold out, tickets available in every other sector and free sale possible until the start of the match. In the guest sector 750 tickets sold out of 1735 available.

CENTER FORWARD

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From the environment to the technical aspect. The rotations of Italian are whirlpools from which a couple of hours from the start of the matches the formation comes out, announced without warning even to the players. An example? 30 seasonal matches, 30 different formations. Milenkovic and Igor will deal with Vlahovic, in the middle the coach hopes to recover Torreira at the last minute.

Is ahead? Surely Nico Gonzalez in the trident, the other outside remains mysterious. But above all after four games without a ballot in the role of center forward, with Piatek always the owner, the doubt reappears there too. Cabral is better and has scored with Sassuolo. Polish favorite, but open unknown. However, except for surprises, it will be a relay race. Two strikers to beat one.