Fiorentina Women have started the 2023/24 Serie A Womens season in a great way, having won three games and drew once out of four played games all in all. This excellent start granted them the third spot in the standings, just behind Roma and Juventus, who are two points ahead of them, leaving all of Milan, Inter Milan, Sassuolo, and the rest behind them in terms of points. This will help Fiorentina have a considerable boost to perform even better and gain more confidence in their abilities to finish the season well, and why not return to Europe once again next season?
With a squad that combines talent and experience, Fiorentina can reach their desired seasonal objective, especially if they believe firmly in what they need to achieve and work hard to do it. Although the leagues system has changed, Fiorentina still has a big chance to pass the test since this will require finishing among the top five in the first phase and then finishing among the top two in the Championship Round, which will include those top five teams only. This means that
Fiorentina will have to beat their direct opponents in the Championship Round and be prepared for the encounters against them. Indeed, Fiorentina finished fourth with 42 points in the playoffs last season, yet we must not forget that they beat Juventus 4-2 and Sassuolo 2-1, apart from drawing with Milan and Inter Milan 1-1. This means that Fiorentina can disturb Juventus, Milan, Inter Milan, and Roma in the Championship Round, and what they need to focus on even more is the collection of more points than last season in the first phase of Serie A.
This will help them have the advantage over their opponents in the playoffs, or at least avoid being at a disadvantage before the playoffs start, unlike last season, during which the number of points collected during the first phase represented an obstacle for them.
In this tactical analysis and scout report, we will take a closer look at Fiorentinas squad, their actual formations, and what makes their performances special from a defensive and attacking perspective and identify the aspects that need improvements in both phases. The analysis will aim to present Fiorentina Womens playing style and tactics and highlight their strengths and weaknesses.
Current squad and formations
Head coach Patrizia Panico has been using not one but a few formations with the team until now as she experimented with new positional changes for the players within her team as well in an attempt to find the best possible formation and line-up for each game. She has already alternated between the 4-3-3, the 4-2-3-1, and the 4-3-1-2, as she also used the 4-1-4-1 at the end of last season as well.
The teams back four has been rather consistent throughout the first few games, with Katja Schroffenegger and Rachele Baldi alternating with each other for the goalkeeper spot. The defence is usually based on Marina Georgieva, Laura Agard, and Alice Tortelli as centre-backs, with Giorgia Spinelli as a solid backup option and Kaja Eržen and Emma Færge as full-backs, knowing that both Eržen and Færge have been exchanging positions frequently during this start of the season.
It would be much more beneficial for the whole team balance and chemistry to fix both players in their positions for the upcoming period and keep using Kaja Eržen as a right-back and Færge as a left-back.
