Fiorentina attacks Italiano: “He disrespected Palladino by celebrating”. He: “Exaggerated”

Bologna, 15 December 2024 – Il Apennine derby it didn't end a few minutes before 17pm, on the contrary. The most access it is still ongoing: the controversy over whether or not it is appropriate does not subsideexultation di Vincenzo Italiano after the 1-0 victory over Fiorentina (the team he coached for 3 years) of his Bologna, thanks to the goal of Odgaard.

The first to raise the issue was Daniele Pradé, Ds of the Viola: “Italian's behaviour I didn't like it at all. I think it was a serious disrespect towards our coach Raffaele Palladino. We will remember these attitudes. I understood many things about the man".

Italiano's response was immediate and when asked about the topic he had no doubts: "In the last matches, even when I won, I did the same things. The satisfaction always remains with my boys and for this reason I always try to leave the field quickly, I did not disrespect to no one. "In the meantime I join the condolences to Raffaele for the loss of his mother, he is a colleague and my thoughts go out to him. Maybe this is what I tried to avoid, I wanted to avoid anything that could create controversy. For me Pradé has exaggerated”. 

Dodò: we are waiting for you in Florence

"Compared especially because you were with our team for 3 years". The Fiorentina footballer wrote this on his Instagram profile Dodo, not naming him but clearly referring to the post-match controversy. "I always have faith in this team, we continue on our path and on the return leg they will see the hell that is Florence" concluded Dodò in his post.

And the Viola captain also joined the chorus Luca ranieri who said he was disappointed that Italiano didn't say goodbye to his former team before taking the field at the Dall'Ara. 

Italian about the match: we are growing

“Today we faced a team with enthusiasm, with avery strong identity like us. We had to be very careful, we had prepared it like this, with attention on the long balls for Kean, the insertions of Gudmundsson and the one-on-ones on the wings.

In the second half we came out, we started with Castro hitting the post and we grew until the goal. Fiorentina is a tough team and deservedly is in that area of ​​the standings, having beaten them is a source of pride". The Karlsruhe coach then spoke about the moment that Bologna is experiencing and how the team is in a moment of great growth in terms of play and personality: "The path we are taking is the result of the initial work. We are starting to grow and improve and we are getting some results."

“Between the Champions League and the last matches we have had excellent performances – continues the rossoblù coach –, the journey is still long and there is a lot to improve but we are happy for today. I wanted to continue to score points and we did it. I think this team has a lot character, we will continue to work during the week to improve further".