Fiorentina vs Lecce preview - Jovetic wary of Lecce threat
Posted Sunday, January 15, 2012 by PA
Fiorentina winger Stevan Jovetic has warned his team-mates not to underestimate bottom-side Lecce.
The Viola go into the encounter at the Artemio Franchi stadium looking to bounce back from their midweek elimination in the Coppa Italia at the hands of Roma.
Delio Rossi's men fell 3-0 on Wednesday to crash out of the competition.
Fiorentina had previously beaten Novara 3-0 in Serie A to claim their first win on the road since April 23 and climb to ninth in the standings.
"We are lacking some continuity and against Lecce it will not be easy," Jovetic said.
"We cannot think we have already won this game.
"Lecce play well away from home and they will be eager to get a result against us.
"We have to be humble."
Lecce, meanwhile, conceded their 12th defeat of the campaign in a 1-0 loss at home to Juventus in the last round.
The Salentini are desperate to avoid their third consecutive defeat in Tuscany.
Serse Cosmi's side lie at the foot of the standings, nine points behind safety.
Lecce will have to show a vast improvement on defence if they are to surprise Fiorentina on Sunday.
They have the leakiest backline in the competition with 34 goals given away in 17 games so far.
"Of course there is disappointment," Lecce midfielder Christian Obodo said.
"But there is still the second half of the season left to play and we don't want to give up just yet.
"We will fight until the last second of the competition in order to defend our Serie A status."
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