Gud and Beltran next to Kean. Fiorentina with the quality formula. And with the Champions League in their sights

Florence, 2 February 2025 – It is a mistake to trust and above all to underestimate Genoa. It is a mistake to let yourself be carried away and involved by the flash of the market that in these hours could improve the quality (and ambitions) of the Fiorentina.

So the Viola Sunday will be lived on a double pitch, a double track between business in progress and – indeed – the result to be achieved against Genoa to follow up on the coup at Lazio’s home seven days ago, to restart the prospect of the Champions area and live with a little less apprehension the one-two against Inter that will take place between next Thursday and Monday.

Yes, Genoa. A tough team, very different (since Vieira has been leading it) compared to the fragile one faced in the first leg, but that said, Palladino (in the stands to serve the disqualification round) does not give himself excuses and wants to win. Period. Hence the choice to get the best and the most from that offensive axis invented in Rome and to focus strongly on the attacking trio composed of Kean with the support of the ideas and class of Gud and above all Beltran.

It is with these players – waiting (and we return to the other field) for the solutions that the market will bring – that Fiorentina has the opportunity to climb the rankings of a season that can give satisfaction. The tactical transformation against Lazio (a basic module, the 4-2-3-1, remodeled and remodelable in real time, even minute by minute) is in fact the solution that Palladino intends to re-present with Genoa. Then… then, we will see because the difference will be made by the grafts of the business of these hours.

Kean, Gud and Beltran, but not only them. Here Fiorentina-Genoa will be the occasion to measure once again the great (and decisive) versatility of Folorunsho. First winger, then mezzala, then connecting midfielder and today – thanks to the absences of Adli and Cataldi – almost certainly a midfielder suited to closing down, covering and counter-attacking.

Fiorentina-Genoa as a starter for the restart towards the Champions League and with the enthusiasm that Commisso also wanted to relaunch in his contact from the United States. Because the standings continue to say this, keeping the finish line more than alive of the Europa League but also giving a glimpse of the Champions League.

Beating Genoa would mean having seen a mature and concrete team again, different from the one that struggled in six games in a row that yielded just two points. Palladino has everyone’s trust. But especially that of Commisso. Palladino wants to run and dream. Florence and Fiorentina know this.