Udinese and Fiorentina will look to join the likes of Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan in the quarterfinals of the Coppa Italia when they take on each other in the last-16 match at Stadio Friuli.
Fiorentina have looked good in the Serie A this season, and currently stand in fourth position on 32 points, nine behind leaders Juventus. Udinese have been up and down, however, and are only in ninth on 23 points.
Fiorentina manager Vincenzo Montella said he would field a strong lineup against Udinese as Viola are desperate to make their mark in the Cup.
"We want to win the Coppa Italia because the winner is assured a place in Europe," Montella told reporters during his pre-match press conference. "Tomorrow (Wednesday) I will pick the players that are best prepared for the game. I will not field a weakened team."
The Fiorentina boss is expecting nothing short of a tough encounter against Udinese, while also praising their manager Franceso Guidolin.
"He is very at good at getting the best out of players and prepares for games thoroughly," Montella added. "He coached me when I was very young.
"Udinese play very good football and it can be intimidating to play them. They are very good at reading the game."
Guidolin also stressed on the importance of the Coppa Italia, insisting his team would not take the tournament lightly.
"It's not easy to reach the final, usually only important teams manage to win it," Guidolin said. "We do care about this competition, because we earned the chance to be in the round-of-16 on the pitch.
"We'd like to win, tomorrow's (Wednesday's) match is as important as a championship one. We need to be concentrated and driven, we are facing the most interesting team of this year, Juventus apart.
"Fiorentina are not a surprise, it wasn't hard to guess their coach and their squad would have done very good this year. It's going to be a tough match, but we'll do our best to win."
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Expected lineups: Udinese: Brkic, Danilo, Basta, Domizzi, Pasquale, Heurtaux, Allan, Badu, Pereyra, Pinzi, Di Natale.
Fiorentina: Neto, Rodriguez, Roncaglia, Savic, Pasqual, Pizarro, Aquilani, Iglesias, Romulo, Jovetic, Luca Toni.
Prediction: 2-1 to Udinese
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