Florence, 13 April 2025 - Cristian Chivu's post-match words after Fiorentina 0-0 Parma, on 2024/25 Serie A Matchday 32

“We play to win, I am happy with our approach to the game, and we missed this in our most recent games. However, today I can't say anything. We missed a bit of continuity in the things that we did at the start of the match, but at the end of the day, we take a difficult point back home. We will take this with us, it is one more in the table, and we move forward. The bookings? From an aggression, determination and attitude point of view, we knew that we may have to give a foul away that was worthy of a yellow. I am not sure that all of them were yellow cards. Sometimes you have to make this sacrifice so I would like to commend those like Valeri, who got a booking in the first half, and marking a player like Dodo is never easy. I want to praise their attention and professionalism in these things, but I did decide to take Sohm and Leoni off, as I didn't want to take risks, or at least I wanted to eliminate the chance of them getting a second yellow. We finished with five yellow cards, half the team was booked. The big teams? Whether they're big or small, there is never an easy game in Serie A. You have to work hard to take points, you must have the right attitude, make sacrifices, you must have heart and quality. We always use adjectives related to the defensive phase, but you also need quality and bravery, as well as determination, intelligence, and the intuition to make the right decision when on the ball. We miss this, we have shown that we can do it, but nevertheless we take a point home. Five game unbeaten? It helps in the table, it gives us belief, but we must show that our belief is improving. It is not easy coming to Florence and playing your own football, I work on the games I am handed, the boys work hard and they can do a lot better, like I always say. The same goes for Pellegrino and Bonny, who worked hard to day, but I know they can always do better'.