With Fiorentina in the hunt for the Coppa Italia this season, four players from their 2001 side recall their previous triumph
By Ramez Nathan for The Gentleman Ultra
In November 1999, Fiorentina beat reigning European champions Manchester United at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in the Champions League. In May 2002, the club were relegated from Serie A, declared bankrupt and had to start again in the fourth tier under a new name. Between those remarkable highs and lows, they won the Coppa Italia. Eighteen years later, it remains Fiorentina’s last major trophy – although, having thumped Roma 7-1 in the quarter-finals this season, they are just 180 minutes away from rewriting that particular line in their history.
Fiorentina began the 2000-01 season with a change of manager. Giovanni Trapattoni took the Italy job after Euro 2000 and was replaced by Fatih Terim, who became the first Turkish manager to take charge of a Serie A club. The appointment was something of a risk for Fiorentina owner, Vittorio Cecchi Gori. Terim had never worked outside of Turkey and wanted to make significant changes to the way Fiorentina played.
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