Cesare Prandelli was cursing Fiorentina’s luck, but believes his team can go and get the victory in Eindhoven.
The 1-1 home draw with PSV has left the UEFA Cup quarter-final hanging in the balance after Adrian Mutu’s goal was cancelled out by Danny Koevermans.
“In the second half we didn’t get to play very much at all. We tried to raise the tempo, but they are a great team and did well to keep possession and slow it down. Now we will go to Holland and try to score away goals.”
It is not an entirely surprising result for PSV, considering they reached this stage by beating Tottenham at White Hart Lane in the last round.
They also won 2-1 away to Helsingborgs, but lost the second leg of their Spurs tie 1-0 in Eindhoven, only going through on penalties.
The Viola had the chance to take a lead into next week’s game, but fine saves denied Giampaolo Pazzini and Christian Vieri.
“All we needed was a slight deflection, maybe even an accident, but it didn’t go our way. It will be tough, but we’ll fight for this result. Now we have to focus on going out there and winning in Holland.”
However, the Coach was visibly irritated after the final whistle when journalists asked what had gone wrong.
“We must not focus on necessarily what went wrong with us, but rather the fact PSV are a great team who came into this competition via the Champions League and played very well tonight,” said a tense Prandelli.
“We are fighting for fourth place in Serie A and are in the UEFA Cup quarter-finals. You really cannot ask for more from the team than this.”
