Marco Benassi has always liked scoring goals. This season is no exception and he's only one goal away from his personal record (5): "It's a completely new feeling - has he told Il Corriere dello Sport- a really positive one. In my last year at Torino, I had scored two goals in two games in a row, four goals in one month. I'm one goal away from my record in Serie A, 5. Surely the credits go to our playing philosophy. Pioli asks us this from the beginning of the training sessions, that the whole team gives everything. Fiorentina need to build their play to get to results. You can't win without playing well".
And the wins are needed to get qualified in Europe, the real objective of Fiorentina, and Benassi: "The level of our direct opponents for a spot in Europe got a lot better but we're ready to fight for it. Where to we want to get? In Europe, where we couldn't make it last season despite the eight good results in a row, with seven consecutive wins. Astori? We've lived moments we'll remember our whole life. We're a united group, I love this team so much. We kind of rebuilt everything last season; we're Fiorentina's present and future".
Il prossimo avversario in campionato sarà la Roma, a cui Benassi ha già fatto male in passato: “Ci aspetta una partita importantissima, contro una grande squadra. Dovessimo riuscire a centrare il successo aumenterebbe in maniera importante la consapevolezza nelle nostre potenzialità e l’autostima del gruppo”. Arrivate più in alto possibile con la Fiorentina per togliersi anche qualche soddisfazione personale, come la convocazione in Nazionale. E’ questo l’obiettivo di Benassi: “Assolutamente sì. È una missione. Sono pronto a dare il massimo per coronare questo sogno”.
Their next opponent in Serie A will be Roma, a team Benassi has already done well against in the past: "It will be an important game, against a great team. If we'd get to win, it would increase in an important way our self esteem and lead to believe even more in our potential. The Nazionale? An absolute objective, a mission. I'm ready to give everything to make this dream come true".
