The textual chronicle

Here Fiorentina

In the league Fiorentina comes from a defeat, 3-2 with Monza, two draws, 1-1 with Atalanta and 1-1 with Spezia, and a victory, 0-1 with Inter. In the quarter-finals of the Conference League the viola eliminated Lech Poznan thanks to the 1-4 victory of the first leg and the 2-3 defeat of the return. In the Serie A standings, the Italian team has 42 points, two less than Bologna and 17 less than Juventus. After the defeat against Monza, the coach said: "I'm angry about losing but I have to try to stay lucid and serene, we have too important appointments. We must not concede the two goals of the first half, we were in full control of the game. We could have exploited this game well, we had to do more for how the race had started, we did not take advantage of the soft approach of Monza. We were doing things right but we cannot afford to lose attention, if we are not 100% from all points of view we can allow teams like Monza to return. Mistakes have been made that are of attention that must not happen given the games we have to face, we cannot pull the plug and attention. It's a matter of attitude, we don't have to do that otherwise we become a team that can be easily beaten."

Here Sampdoria

Sampdoria comes from two draws, 1-1 with Spezia and Lecce, and two defeats, 2-3 with Cremonese and 3-0 with Roma. The blucerchiati are last in the standings with 17 points and go through a serious corporate crisis, with harsh protests from the fans. Even in the last match, on April 22 against Spezia, with Dejan Stankovic's team leading 1-0, the game risked being suspended due to the launch of smoke bombs on the field by the blucerchiati ultras. "Since January we have only made a mistake with Lecce, we knew about this situation but all together we decided to get on this train in January and we are trying to do our best: now the next stop is June 4 - was Stankovic's comment after the draw against Spezia -. I can't make long-term plans. I try to prepare the team physically and mentally and that's not easy. I liked Sampdoria today. We are these, I have no other players. I repeat, each of my players has always given 100%."