The internationals' commitments. Albert provides an assist. Pongracic KO on penalties

The Fiorentina internationals have not had much success during the league break. Aside from the brace by super Kean, who was eliminated from the Nations League with Italy (Comuzzo watched the San Siro game from the stands while he was on the bench in Dortmund), the others have had crumbs and bitter disappointments. Take Gudmundsson. The Fiorentina attacking midfielder was returning to the national team after being suspended due to a trial. The play-off to avoid relegation to Serie C of the Nations League was against Kosovo. It didn't seem like a daunting task, but the Icelanders were beaten in both the first and second legs. Gudmundsson started both games and in Sunday night's game he provided the assist (from a corner) for Óskarsson's goal that gave everyone hope. The hat-trick by former Lazio player Muriqi then made Kosovo rejoice.

Little glory also for Marin Pongracic. The Croatian center was eliminated on penalties by France after the surprising 2-0 in the first leg. Same score for the French in the return match, who then went to penalties. The Fiorentina center played the second half of extra time in place of Gvardiol.

Alessandro Latini