“We put in a great performance against a strong team. We honored the fans’ expectations. We’re disappointed not to have won, but this team is young and we need to give them courage. It’s not a matter of playing with quality, but of playing both phases of play. However, there’s still a lot of work to do.” This was the thought of Paolo Vanoli, Fiorentina’s coach, after the 2-2 draw. “I think putting all these players on the pitch shows courage. If you want to play football, you have to all run backwards and forwards, and the lads demonstrated that,” said the Fiorentina coach. “This is the way forward, even if we need to do better. At times, we didn’t cover the ball well; the 1-1 draw came from a poor pass from Njie. But tonight my players sent out an important message, even if they must be angry. I expect much more.”