{"id":5385,"date":"2024-12-09T20:15:08","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T20:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betwealthsuretips.com\/blog\/how-high-can-fiorentina-fly\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T20:15:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T20:15:25","slug":"how-high-can-fiorentina-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betwealthsuretips.com\/blog\/how-high-can-fiorentina-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"How high can Fiorentina Fly?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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epa11671136 ACF Fiorentina’s Danilo Cataldi (L) celebrates a goal with teammates during the Italian Serie A soccer match US Lecce vs ACF Fiorentina at the Via del Mare stadium in Lecce, Italy, 20 October 2024. EPA-EFE\/ABBONDANZA SCURO LEZZI<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A long winning streak in Serie A has put Tuscany\u2019s finest back among the big boys at the top of the table. Ahead of another European outing, Giancarlo Rinaldi <\/strong>examines their credentials to go deep in two competitions.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you want to know what it was like the last time Fiorentina went on an eight-game winning streak in Italy\u2019s top flight you will need to ask your Nonno. It was under Luis Carniglia some 64 years ago that the Viola enjoyed such a run of form. Even when playing not particularly well \u2013 like on Sunday against Cagliari \u2013 Raffaele Palladino\u2019s men have developed a happy habit of gathering points that is as unfamiliar to their supporters as not throwing fireworks on an away European trip.<\/p>\n

The more picky analysts will point out \u2013 correctly of course \u2013 that the abandoned game against Inter would have represented a slightly more tricky test than the Sardinian side to match the club record. Nonetheless, it has been an impressive run of results in an emotionally and physically testing period for the side from the Artemio Franchi. In a sign of unusual robustness, their defence has yet to be perforated in the final half-hour of any league game so far this season. Pietro Comuzzo and Luca Ranieri are the rocks upon which that rugged reputation has been constructed.<\/p>\n

That 1959-60 season when they last won eight in a row ended up with a second place finish behind, almost inevitably, Juventus. With such a congested top end of the table this time around they could easily surge to the top or quickly slip to sixth or seventh place. Back to back games against the Bianconeri and Napoli at Christmas and the New Year will surely tell us more about how seriously we should take this particularly purple patch.<\/p>\n