Claudio Ranieri’s last match as coach of a club team brings with it a daring defeat for Cagliari and, thanks to the final 2-3 success, the certainty for Fiorentina of participating at least in the next Conference Leaguewith the possibility of moving up a step in case of victory in the final in Athens on May 29th.
The setting of the evening was dedicated above all to the touching farewell of the veteran on the Sardinian bench. Ranieri received applause, praise and hugs from everyone both before and after the match, greeting with a hint of pride what was the first but also the last team of his career: “It’s difficult to describe, I’m not someone who knows tell a lot. But when I got up this morning I realized that it was a beautiful day, different from the others. This is thanks to the guys who achieved results in Reggio Emilia. I thank the Sardinian people who pampered me from the first days 35 years ago. .
On the other hand, Italiano can enjoy the security of having allowed Fiorentina to participate in European cups for the third consecutive year: “In the end we looked for some situation to exploit. The first 20 minutes of the second half we entered softly and conceded too much, then we woke up and managed to bring it home. We are at the end of a very long season and reacting like this means what energy we have and we must spend it in Wednesday’s match.”
