Having booked their place in the Coppa Italia semi-finals, Fiorentina return to their pursuit of a top-six finish in Serie A when they host Udinese on Sunday.
In midweek, the Viola prevailed on penalties to progress in the cup, and they sat fourth in the standings at the halfway stage of the league season.
Tuesday's win set up a two-legged semi versus Atalanta BC in three months time, but between now and then, the Viola's schedule remains packed: after welcoming Udinese to Florence, last season's losing cup finalists head for Saudi Arabia to contest the new-look Supercoppa Italiana - a few weeks later, they will feature in the Europa Conference League's knockout phase.
It has been a mixed start to 2024 for Vincenzo Italiano's team, though, as their midweek success followed a frustrating league loss to Serie A strugglers Sassuolo that ended a three-game winning streak.
In spite of their defeat in Reggio Emilia, Fiorentina still finished the first half of the season inside Italy's top four and also recorded their best points tally at this stage since 2015-16.
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