Vanoli presented his squad for the season-closer at the Franchi on Friday 22 May as Fiorentina and Atalanta ended their campaigns in the 38ª giornata.
He selected 21 players and set Fiorentina up in a 4-3-3: Christensen in goal behind Dodo, Comuzzo, Rugani and Gosens; Brescianini, Mandragora and Fabbian in midfield; Harrison, Piccoli and Gudmundsson leading the attack. Palladino answered with Atalanta in a 3-4-2-1: Sportiello; Scalvini, Hien and Ahanor across the back; Bellanova, Pasalic, De Roon and Musah in midfield; Samardzic and Sulemana tucked behind Raspadori.
The fiorentina - atalanta match was carried live and exclusively on DAZN, with the broadcast beginning at 20:30.
Vanoli left five players out of the matchday squad: Kean, Lamptey, Ranieri, Fazzini and Parisi. The omissions came with factual reasons for some absences: Fazzini missed the match because he had a fever, Parisi is sidelined with a lesion of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, and Kean had been dealing with pain in his shin for weeks. No reasons were attached in the facts provided for Lamptey and Ranieri.
The lineups and the omissions framed a final evening that closed the calendar rather than a playoff or title decider — the match was the last act of the league season for both clubs. Fiorentina arrived at the Franchi having already secured safety against Genoa and coming off a 2-0 victory over Juventus at the Allianz Stadium earlier in the campaign, background that underlined the fixture's reduced stakes.
The tension in the selection was real: Vanoli was obliged to balance the need to finish the 38ª giornata with the muscle of resting or excluding players who have carried knocks and a distinct long-term injury in Parisi. The starting XIs show a club able to field experienced names but also forced, by absences, into mixing personnel decisions on a night when preparation and recovery mattered more than points.
For supporters and club planners the single most consequential question after the Franchi finale is practical: how the club will manage Kean's shin pain and Parisi's anterior cruciate ligament lesion as the calendar turns toward the off-season. Those issues will dictate summer decisions on fitness, treatment and squad planning more than the tactical shapes seen in the starting lineups on Friday.
