Paolo Vanoli’s words: “I’m not thinking about my future. But now we need a win. The locker room is united.”

Few words. Short answers. Paolo Vanoli he continues straight on his way and appears almost annoyed at having to answer the topic of the change of form. “I’m sorry to be repetitive. I repeat what I’ve already said: I’m not a fundamentalist, everything is possible.” Full stop. But the pre-match press conference isn’t the usual one given by the coach. Short sentences, very general concepts. “This is an important match, but it’s clear that the head of the championship we have it”. Vanoli does not feel unsteady, at least he does not show it. “I do not think about my future, what matters is the good of the Fiorentina And we’re doing our best to get out of this situation. My future has to take a back seat. We lost against Verona, but we had five clear chances. We need to capitalize on them and be better at not conceding naive goals. What we’re doing isn’t enough; we need to do more for our players. But let’s look at the positives. On Sunday, I saw a good reaction. A result would allow us to look to the future with confidence and self-esteem. We need to be good at looking for it ourselves.”

Sul Lausanne Vanoli has clear ideas. “They’re a team that’s struggling in the league, they have an interesting diamond in midfield. They have players who are performing well despite losing their main striker, Diakité, who went to the Africa Cup of Nations. It’s a tough match, we’re not used to playing on artificial turf. We’ll have to be careful, it will be a very delicate match.” There’s a lot of talk about a divided squad. Vanoli senses unity from inside the locker room and responds with a simple “Yes” to a rather complex question. No indications, not even about the goalkeeper. “Martinelli has great potential. But we also have a goalkeeper who has achieved something important in his career.”

Alessandro Latini