Fiorentina President Rocco Commisso was full of praise for his squad after troubling Juventus. “Did you see Franck Ribery? He was better than Cristiano Ronaldo!”
The Italian-American patron was in the stands of the Stadio Franchi for this 0-0 draw, which saw the Viola have by far the best chances.
“I am very happy, as the lads gave their heart and it was a fun afternoon,” Commisso told Sky Sport Italia.
“Did you see Ribery at the age of 36? He played better than Cristiano Ronaldo! And our two Italians, Gaetano Castrovilli and Federico Chiesa, were phenomenal.
“I see this match as like the history of my company Mediacom. Juventus had €300m worth of players between transfer fees and salaries, while ours was about €50m, but we still got a point.
“If you give me time, I want to help Fiorentina win something. Look at the success we’ve had over the last two months, we had more season tickets than in the last 30 years.
“We’ve rebuilt the team and now have a great champion like Ribery too. If you give us time, we’ll one day win games like this.”
Leooshrest
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ohh ohh you don't say this things about Cr7 and Messi because they will come back to haunt you my friend.. remember when Pele said Messi can only score with his left feet what he did in the next game and remember Atletico Madrid[Crylaugh]
Sakcdloptz
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it's Ribery's day and Ronaldo's year
quadsimodo
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Thats bold, but Ribery was great today, and yes maybe even better than ronaldo
Nesaiknruy_Legend
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The reality is Ribery is a lot more mobile at that age but Ronaldo will still get you goals unless hes marked out the game... This is an example of Ronaldo being marked out the game. Happened in the Madrid vs Liverpool UCL final, also happened against Ajax. Ronaldo is stoppable but by marking him out you have to sacrifice a player and certain systems cant function without all 11 players contributing so not all managers can man mark a player out so some games Ronaldo is given free space and that space can be exploited and usually is by someone of Ronaldo abilities. But when hes being marked out he usually just sits in the box to poach.... Ronaldo is more effective if you got enough creative players but without creativity he is near enough useless hence with Pjanic out Juve will struggle a lot cos you need a provider to unlock Ronaldo. Their flanks are also not something to fawn over at Juve. Bottom line non of the players other than Pjanic can really compliment Ronaldo. Ribery however is a dynamic winger even at his age somehow so it's a bit different for him but he doesnt have the end product that can decide games like Ronaldo does as long as a playmaker is there....
nuobeks
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talk about u no one knows u
don't care about me I am no body but who the fuck is fiorentina chief lol