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This morning, Serie A released the league schedule to the public. While we certainly care about the other 19 teams (we don’t), we’re more interested in Fiorentina’s fixture list, which opens on Sunday, 20 September. Yes, that’s only two and a half weeks away.
The initial impression is that this is a decent run of games for the Viola. A reasonably gentle opening—only the Nerazzurri finished in the top half last year—will let the team work itself into form and integrate the new signings. There aren’t any back-to-backs with European contenders even in the slightly tougher back end, and closing the season against a newly-promoted side gives hope that, should the Fiorentina need a strong result on the final day, they can achieve it.
Of course, this season is going to be at least as unpredictable as every other Serie A season, so any assumptions we make about teams’ relative strength this year will likely fall apart after the first couple of weeks; don’t forget that the Isolani and the Mastini were in the European places for long stretches of last year and looked like they were there to stay before fading down the stretch. Anyways, what do we think about this, fellow humans?
vs Torino
at Inter Milan
vs Sampdoria
at Spezia
vs Udinese
at AS Roma
at Parma
vs Benevento
at AC Milan
vs Genoa
at Atalanta
vs Sassuolo
at Juventus
vs Bologna
at Lazio
vs Cagliari
at Napoli
vs Crotone