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What to do now? Yes, what to do? It is the worst start to the league since the return to Serie A, Fiorentina have not scored a goal in 309 minutes (almost three and a half games) and for the second year in a row are in the slums of the standings, in the middle of the drop zone. Even if for Rocco this will undoubtedly be fake news, it is instead, and unfortunately, the dramatic reality to deal with. Now you don’t waste time anymore. And there is not even room for useless and harmful verbal polemics, it is forbidden to talk about the stadium and money. If Rocco appreciated the irony in borrowing Flaiano, we could also say that “the situation is serious, but not serious”, unfortunately at times like this it becomes difficult to even smile bitterly. After the defeat with Benevento, the situation seems serious and serious at the same time. At this point, the red cards that the irascible uncle of América waved in front of my noses in recent weeks become medals for footballing prowess, “everything was planned,” Cocciante would say, who probably knows more about football than Rocco. But this is not the time to go back to talking about the mistakes made, from the confirmation of Iachini down, I have emphasized them for three months, now that the red alarm has sounded, that not even the change of coach was enough, it is to think at Fiorentina to understand which way to go to avoid worse problems and try to save the season. Yes, what to do now? We repeat it like a mantra.
This is the question that turns everyone’s heads after seeing Fiorentina not react and if it is possible to get worse even in the face of a changed bench to scare the team. Prandelli has no flaws, yes. We can only thank Prandelli for putting his face in an adventure to the limit of the impossible, accepting a contract with no future out of love as no other coach of his level would have done. But based on the experience and charisma of Prandelli, we have to start over with strength and strength. It is the only way.
The coach spoke with the president immediately after the game, yesterday there was a long face-to-face on several occasions with the team and with the managers. The summary of the day could be contained in a post by Borja Valero, one of the chief thinkers of the dressing room: “Head down, mouth closed, work hard.” This is the poster posted metaphorically in the purple wardrobe and memorized by everyone including the executives. It is clear that the work must be done especially in a team shocked by three manager changes in a year, job changes, football systems and ideas, frustrated in motivations, full of personal problems and far from being a group.
It will take some time, but luckily there are still thirty games to play and there is no shortage of time. Prandelli will basically work in three directions. The first, the fundamental, is psychological-motivational. Yesterday the players faced the great responsibilities they have with the jersey they wear, the weight of the history of this club, but Prandelli also tried to work in the spring of personal pride. It is not possible that players of a certain level come to offer offensive performances for them as well. Nobody can fall that low and if you fall it is a must to get up. Combined with this idea of individual pride to reactivate, the discussion has expanded to the group, to the force that a team can only draw from common goals and ideals that support it.
This is the synthesis of the work idea that Prandelli shared with the group yesterday according to the rumors that come from the locker room. Then there are also the physical and tactical aspects to work hard on, but without resetting the players’ heads everything becomes more difficult. From the physical aspect, I have already written what I understand, although it is evident by watching the games, how this team has athletic problems. It can’t hold, it can’t run, it looks like a diesel, it’s not reactive. The Prandelli staff have already and will work on this, but the results will only be seen in a few weeks.
Then there is the tactical aspect, the one that led to the break (not personal, of course) between Iachini and the team. Players do perhaps the best job in the world, but they too, as in all jobs, if they don’t have fun, if they don’t get involved, they become apathetic, apathetic, not participating, frustration and then depression takes over, as he said. . Pradè. Going to long-term card stamp training gets devastating and it shows. Prandelli, through personalized and group talks, will try to bring the team closer to a soccer field that changes the idea of soccer. From Iachini’s passive football we will move on to active, proactive, even brave football. Getting players entertained in training, stimulating them, involving them in an exciting tactical project is Prandelli’s third mission.
How long will it take? No one can know. Obviously, it will depend on how the team reacts, individually and as a whole. But the company also received a reassuring message, there is no water in the throat, excessive pressures can be negative, you just have to change course immediately. As mentioned, thirty games is a lot and Prandelli has the right to work in peace, he has no magic wand and the situation is complex.
Complex also at the corporate level. In this context there are also (obviously) dissatisfied players, some who want to leave, others with the contract to be renewed, others who want to discuss it again, others who feel penalized. This job is up to managers, but leaving a locker room riot could compromise part of Prandelli’s plan. Coaches don’t want to see sad faces in the locker room. Fortunately, the market is close and if there is someone who will insist on going (Milenkovic?), Others like Pezzella who hope to understand the future, or others who are not happy here, solutions will be sought. Forcing players by contract is an own goal, we hope the Chiesa affair has taught Rocco something.
As you can see, a very delicate situation and everything derives from Iachini’s confirmation. That day a changing room collapsed that expected something else, a transfer campaign that also had different objectives ran aground. I just hope that Rocco has understood that football is not Mediacom. An extraordinary company captain like him in football runs the risk of failure if he does not adapt, if he does not change the system, if he does not begin to trust his managers. My advice is the usual mantelpiece, but if I can afford it with a built-in red card, at least now that Prandelli and Pradè do it, who know about football. Trust your men, suggest and check, making your presence felt is essential, but at a distance. Leave the responsibilities, so if things don’t go or don’t go, that’s where the owner will have to submit the invoice. We need a shared decision-making line, otherwise it ends up like Iachini. Now you tell us that they all agreed, but Rocco also knows that they are not. Football is a microcosm where everyone knows everything about everyone, it is useless to deny and deny. If players perceive divisions, uncertainties, differences of opinion within a company, they are possible excuses for them.
I do not want to remind you of the events of Montella and Iachini, the sale of Chiesa on the last day with “why he did and we did not” of those who remained in the locker room, the lack of goals given to the team, the external attacks to mask internal responsibilities , harmful verbal excesses and many other mistakes made, in my humble opinion. Obvious. Rocco, if you can do violence. Yours, admit it, is not the ideal way to play soccer. And stop (if you can), talking about money, spent and to be spent. Only with money you are not going anywhere. And sometimes even that is not enough in football.
Look, if you like, at the example of the Friedkins, Americans in Rome. Rigorous and absolute silence. The coach on the scale immediately strengthened and was fit to work. The protected team. The fruits are visible. And first of all (as was suggested many times) they are starting over from society. As general manager they went to face Tiago Pinto from Benfica, one of the best in the area. I’m just saying this for reflection, maybe she’s right and I’m sure I’m wrong, but the results wouldn’t tell. However, now there is only one hope, that the team will be quickly revived, that it will immediately find the motivations at least, perhaps starting tomorrow afternoon in Udine in the Italian Cup, a goal to be achieved at all costs.
It is almost certain that Ribéry will be missing, one of the most disappointed by what happened in recent months. He had come to Florence to have fun, to finish his career as a leading man, with the smile of a juggler. He was one of those who expected a different football and a different coach, he lost encouragement and motivation and it shows. If he doesn’t find the joy of playing at the end of the year, he might even stop, but Prandelli’s deal seems to intrigue him. Perhaps San Siro Sunday could be a suitable setting to rekindle inside …
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