AC Milan take on Fiorentina in Serie A this weekend and they expect a special night in Florence as home fans will be paying tribute to their club's recently deceased GM Joe Barone, manager Stefano Pioli said on Friday. Saturday's fixture will be Fiorentina's first game since Barone died on March 19.
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Serie A - Hellas Verona v AC Milan - Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona, Italy - March 17, 2024 AC Milan coach Stefano Pioli reacts REUTERS/Ciro De Luca/File PhotoAC Milan take on Fiorentina in Serie A this weekend and they expect a special night in Florence as home fans will be paying tribute to their club's recently deceased GM Joe Barone, manager Stefano Pioli said on Friday.
"Unfortunately, this is not the first situation of this kind that has happened to Fiorentina," Pioli told a press conference. Barone's death left the Fiorentina players, staff and fans shell-shocked, and their last game with Atalanta was postponed after Barone suffered a cardiac arrest shortly before the team were due to leave their hotel for the stadium.
"We know we are playing in a setting where the whole stadium will give us all the strength to get the most out of it.
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