Palladino, the longest day: group and game to be rekindled. The future? It will be decided with Lecce

Florence, February 25, 2025 – Monday at Viola Park. On the pitch, for the first post-Verona training session and then at the management table, with Ferrari and Pradè, to evaluate, take note and plan the week.

Raffaele Palladino 's week leads straight to Friday night's match at the Franchi and therefore to the challenge with Lecce .

A challenge that will have a decisive value for the future (especially for the coach), even if yesterday, as it had been on Sunday evening in Verona, the club effectively reiterated the concept that Palladino is the coach of Fiorentina .

No shock, no forced separation, therefore (the direct line between Florence and States, or Commisso's house, is continuous), but also the awareness that the match against Lecce must be the opportunity to exploit to spark a turnaround that will be vital for Fiorentina.

In short, Palladino will be on the Viola bench against Lecce, and he will have to accompany the team's redemption . First of all, by gaining a victory that would bring three points back to a standing that otherwise would start to take on water after the dreams of autumn. Therefore, Palladino will have to be good at giving the team back motivation, play and tactical plots that in the weeks (excluding the success with Inter) have frayed and ended up compromising his team's season.

The club wants all the good things the team had shown in the streak of results that had brought them close to the Champions League zone to become a reality again. Also because that Fiorentina was even more... limited by the presence of players who were then replaced thanks to the January transfer market.

Palladino's responsibility against Lecce will be enormous, but it will start from afar, that is, from the choices that the coach will have to make when establishing the formation against Lecce. The module (the 4-2-3-1 used in Verona) has been the subject of criticism for how it was decided to reuse it in Verona, without however having offensive fullbacks available.

Therefore, Palladino will have to invent a tactical structure that is more suited to the players at his disposal.

The rest... are the (inevitable) rumors that have accompanied the coach's post-Verona that will be a topic of discussion among fans in the coming hours, namely the names of those who (at the moment) could represent a possible post-Palladino. They range from Aquilani (who was also focused on in the summer) to the 'usual' (very complicated) Maurizio Sarri, to get to Tudor, after the split with Lazio.