Montella | โ€œCommisso has brought back pride and identityโ€

Fiorentina boss Vincenzo Montella warned about the dangers of Mario Ballotelli and Sandro Tonali ahead of Mondayโ€™s match with Brescia, and praised the new owner Rocco Commisso.

โ€œIt will be an intense game, Brescia may have benefited from not having played in the last round and will be well rested,โ€ Montella told his pre-match press conference.ย โ€œ[Federico] Chiesa is fine, heโ€™s training, maybe heโ€™s not 100% but by tomorrow Iโ€™ll know more.

โ€œBrescia lost with honour to Juventus, Napoli and AC Milan, remaining in the game right until the end.ย They are a team who plays with less of the ball but more vertically, they are a very dangerous team with two players who are above average.ย This next cycle of matches will tell us more about what we are.

โ€œBalotelli is more dangerous because he has a wicked shot, we hope he will get a fever!ย Tonalli?ย It was evident even in Serie B that he was an above average player, he immediately found the right pace in Serie A, we can already see that he is a champion.

โ€œ[Gaetano] Castrovilli?ย Iโ€™m happy for him, he deserved his renewal for his commitment and sacrifice, heโ€™s happy to play for Fiorentina.ย These players will be the core of Fiorentina, we focus a lot on them because over time they will help us make the difference.

โ€œSome of our players deserve to play more, some have been penalised by the change of formation but I will do my best to find space for them.

โ€œWe are all happy that Chiesa stayed, he made the decision because he still needs to take that step in improving certain things for Fiorentina.ย I donโ€™t think he still asks what he will be doing in eight months.ย Even I, as a brother, would advise him to think only of improving .

โ€œI do not want to disrespect the Della Valles to whom I am grateful, but I did not expect that unsustainable situation of no return when I arrived.ย 

โ€œ[Rocco] Commisso has brought back pride and identity, believes in his ideas and is ambitious.ย He also believes in Italian players, he wants this as a policy because that is how identity is formed.โ€

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