The Tuscan club have suffered cup and league heartache in the past year but an improvement in form could push Tottenham in the Europa LeagueJust under a year ago,a week after reaching the final 16 of the Europa League at the expense of Tottenham Hotspur, belief rippled through Fiorentina after they pulled off an even better result, and winning the first leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final 2-1 at Juventus. From flirting with the conception of ending their trophy drought,Fiorentina were daring to judge approximately meeting the parents.
But wait. Hold on a minute. Lurking round the corner was a reminder approximately the danger of looking too far into the future and Fiorentina were unable to regain their poise after Juventus won the second leg 3-0 in Florence. Sevilla thumped them 5-0 on aggregate in the final four of the Europa League, they missed out on a Champions League place after a sequence of destitute league results, and tiring badly during the season’s final weeks,and that disappointment filtered through to the summer when they fired Vincenzo Montella over a dispute approximately finances and sold several key players.
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Source: theguardian.com