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Just to clarify, I never implied you (Palace) would play defensively at all. I was commenting on us (Fiorentina) in response to your comment: "The Viola are a proud and respected club in Italy. They will not want to be seen as being overly defensive". Fiorentina have generally been one of the...

Trust me. We aren't good enough defensively to play that way! A lot will depend on which version of Fiorentina turns up, but I'm hoping for the attacking one. A draw would still be a positive result due to 2nd leg at home.

Er..."playing" is quite a tenuous term! He came on for a couple of brief cameos, then started a game and played superbly before collapsing injured with no-one near him. Real shame but I worry he's made of crystal. Think he's due back in a month or so?

Ah, where to start! We've had so many components going wrong both on and off the pitch, starting a few years ago and the dramatically failing in the first half of this season. Now I feel we're starting a positive rebuild and results starting to improve. I'll try to summarise in the 2 parts: On...

As a Fiorentina fan, really looking forward to this! We had a terrible start to the season and although capable of inconsistency between (and within) games, think it will be a close game over both legs. We're not as good a team as previous seasons and 'in transition' both on and off pitch, but...

I think so. I'd seen somewhere the dates were the 9th and 16th (both Thursdays) and also, that's what Livescore currently says. However, on the radio and UEFA website, it says 8th or 9th for 1st leg. Assuming it could be changed for TV and announced tomorrow? Holding fire on booking a hotel...

Just turned over to your match after we (Fiorentina) won 2-1 with the last kick - open goal from the halfway line in 7th min of additional time. Potato field of a pitch caused us to struggle. Hoping you win this as me and son want to experience a Euro away day at Selhurst!

If only. On paper (and at the start of the season) I thought we'd have a decent chance, especially after underperforming in two finals and a semi. This season has been a disaster for a number of reasons, on and off grass! Strasbourg, Rayo Vallecano and yourselves I would mark as favourites...

Damn. I thought you would win that comfortably and was starting to arrange my London trip! We (Fiorentina) have just scraped through (again) with a last gasp penalty. Hope we both make it through in all seriousness 🙏

Yes, ordinarily getting a home ticket (as a tourist) is not an issue and we haven't often sold out our reduced capacity this season. However, for big games and IF we both make the quarters as expected, it will be. Currently our stadium renovation has halved capacity to approx. 22,000 and I...

Indeed! What a time that was with him in the team. Toldo, Rui Costa, Edmundo, Dunga, Effenberg, Repka, Flachi, Laudrup, Kanchelskis, Robbiati, Di Livio, Bressan, Oliveira, Chiesa were alongside him at different times.

Hi all. Fiorentina fan here in peace! I've just registered in the (hopeful) chance we may meet in the QF as I'm a Glasgow based fan of La Viola for 35 years and am in a position to answer any questions you might have on the team, travelling/visiting Florence etc. A bit like a club ambassador...