Fiorentina sacked Iachini, Celta fired Oscar Garcia

Fiorentina sacked their coach Beppe Iachini after three consecutive defeats and two draws out of seven games in this season, and promptly hired Cesare Prandelli as his replacement.

Rocco Commissostated that Cesare Prandelli is ‘the best person’ to sit on Fiorentina’s bench.

He also added that “Unfortunately, the current results require a change of technical guidance, but my esteem and gratitude to the man and the professional remain entirely unchanged.

Fiorentina’s President Rocco Commisso also appreciated the former coach and mentioned that “First of all I want to personally thank Beppe Iachini, a capable and determined coach, who, in the most difficult moment of last season, dragged and led the team, with his work, his dedication and his character.”

Commisso was fully pleased for joining Prandelli to the club and stated that “I also want to give my personal welcome to Mister Prandelli. We believe that his skills, his professional history and his humanity, recognized and appreciated by the world of football, make Prandelli the most suitable person to sit on the bench purple.

In the end he expressed his happiness in regards to selecting the new coach and added that “I hope that the new coach will be able to enhance and make the best use of our squad and, through the games and the future results that we will get, to give new satisfactions to the city of Florence and the great Viola Family.”