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Fiorentina vs Slovan Liberec: Lineups and match thread

No pressure here, Paulo, but a win would make a lot of us like you a whole lot more.

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Carlos Sanchez is not impressed with your lame excuses to not watch this one.
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Late news

Paulo Sousa has surprisingly held Khouma Babacar out of the starting XI in favor of in-form Nikola Kalinic. Youngster Federico Chiesa will get a surprise start in a shape that could quickly become a 4-3-2-1 as Borja Valero drops back.

Slovan Liberec manager Jindrich Trpisovsky has really shuffled his deck, opting to shift leftback Vladimir Coufal into an unfamiliar centerback role and drop right-sided midfielder Daniel Bartl in at leftback. Farther forward, striker Miroslav Markovic will be surprised to start, as he’s usually the third-choice hitman.

Lineups

Fiorentina (4-2-3-1): Tatarusanu; Tomovic, Gonzalo (c), de Maio, Milic; Sanchez, Cristoforo; Ilicic, Valero, Chiesa; Kalinic

Slovan Liberec (4-2-3-1): Hladky; Coufal (c), Hovorka, Bartosak, Bartl; Sykora, Sevcik; Vuch, Folprecht, Sukennik; Markovic

How to watch

TV: Check ESPN2 or ESPN Deportes in the Western Hemisphere. BeIn may carry it elsewhere, but probably not. Otherwise, this’ll be a computer-only sort of match.

Online: Here is your list of legal and reliable streams that won’t give your computer the internet equivalent of the bubonic plague. Don’t post any illegal streams in the comments, or we’ll delete them and seriously consider ban-hammering you.

Alright, folks, let’s buckle up for some Europa League action. Forza Viola.