Pedro Gonçalves scores after exit, Vanoli: “Still rusty” (video) | OneFootball

Pedro Gonçalves has started to make his mark at Fiorentina. The player on loan from Sporting scored the final goal in the 3-0 win over Pisa, in a match valid for the Round of 32 of the Coppa Italia, and earned praise from Paolo Vanoli.

The Italian coach especially highlighted the former Sporting player’s intelligence and technical quality. “I put Pedro on because, for me, he is a player who understands space, is technically strong, and we saw that in the goal he scored.”

Even so, Vanoli believes that Pote still needs to build up his rhythm after a particularly turbulent summer. “Perhaps because of what he went through this summer, he is still a little short of match fitness and I am trying to integrate him gradually and do good work with him.”

According to the coach, the introduction of the player who left Sporting this summer had an immediate impact on the Fiorentina team: “But when he came on, he changed our rhythm. He brought the tempo of a player who knows how to play football”, he added.

The question now is which position Pedro Gonçalves will be used in most regularly. Vanoli acknowledged the Portuguese international’s versatility, recalling the path he followed at Alvalade: “Pedro came from Sporting and started out as a midfielder, but then he was moved a little further forward.”

However, the coach indicated that he does not see Pote as a natural solution for the wing. “But on the wing I need more someone like Gnonto, who can sometimes do the dirty work”, he explained, leaving open the possibility of using the Portuguese international in more central areas.

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