The conferences
Raffaele Palladino he spoke like this on the eve of the match: «After Bologna I found the group to be good and excited. I have a great staff that does great things even without me. Tomorrow will be difficult but I saw a motivated team, Bove’s smile gives us a lot of strength. Guimaraes is a good team that knows how to play football. There is a warm environment and it won’t be easy to play in this stadium. There is a good coach who makes the team play well. They had an excellent run in the Conference. They are a very fearsome team especially at home, we have to put in a good performance against a good team.”
Tommaso Martinelli“cup goalkeeper”, presented the Portuguese away match like this: «I’m happy to be here, I had the opportunity to speak with De Gea who tells me to always train as I am doing. Making my debut in the Conference was a great satisfaction for which I thank the coach, playing in that stadium that I frequented as a fan was a wonderful emotion. De Gea’s arrival and the opportunity to train with such a strong goalkeeper with his experience pushed me to stay here to be able to train every day with such a champion.”
Rui Borges, coach of Vitoria Guimaraesexplained his expectations for the match: «We are the same team both in the league and in Europe. We are competitive, we always play the same way and we have had a very good start to the season, we want to continue like this in all competitions, even in the Portuguese Cup since we are still in the running. We want to play a good match even if we have several injuries. Fiorentina is a difficult team to face due to its physicality and quality. He has scored many goals in this Conference but we are motivated and want to win the match.”
