Viola president sorry for five-goal loss

Fiorentina president Andrea Della Valle has apologised to the club's fans following yesterday's humiliating defeat to Juventus. La Viola conceded five goals for the first time this season as they suffered a 5-0 loss in the Serie A clash in Florence. Fiorentina had Alessio Cerci sent off after 20 minutes, but Della Valle made no excuses for his side's dismal performance. He told the club's website: "I apologise to the city and the fans. There can be no excuses for what happened here. We made too many individual mistakes and we were made to pay. "This defeat burns and is without justification. I can only apologise to the supporters. Now we have to think about Genoa next week." The result was Fiorentina's fifth defeat in seven league games and dropped Delio Rossi's side to 16th place in the table. "I am not afraid, but rather angry and worried," Della Valle said. "I would be stupid if I was not to be worried at this stage of the campaign. "Now we have to analyse with cool heads and put the situation back on track. We will now focus on our next game at Genoa, a team that are facing similar problems. "We must help our team to unite and think about the fans, then other considerations will be made in May."