http://soccernet.espn.go.com/preview?id=167418&cc=4716 PA REGGIO CALABRIA, October 26 (Serie A) - Fiorentina begin life without coach Emiliano Mondonico with a trip to Reggina on Wednesday evening. The Viola sacked Mondonico on Monday after the coach claimed he was not being given adequate support, and the reins were handed to the club's goalkeeping coach Sergio Buso. Buso took charge of training for the first time on Tuesday in a session that was closed to the media, before the squad left Tuscany for Reggio Calabria. Mondonico's departure comes after a start to the season where Fiorentina have not quite got their act together. It was supposed to be a joyful season for the fans whose club had ceased to exist in 2002 after the much-documented financial problems under their former owner, film mogul Vittorio Cecchi Gori. A phoenix club rose from the ashes of what was Fiorentina and they began life in the fourth division before winning two promotions on the field and, controversially, getting a third courtesy of a special dispensation by the Lega Calcio. A considerable investment in players had led some to expect a glorious season but that hope has proven premature with the club 14th and with an absolutely identical record to Wednesday evening's opponents, Reggina. Reggina occupy a relegation-promotion play-off spot while Fiorentina are above them purely on alphabetical order in the standings. Reggina coach Walter Mazzarri is unable to call on the services of Brazilian midfielder orchestrator Mozart, who is serving a suspension. Also unavailable are Gaetano De Rosa and Ricardo Matias Veron who were both omitted by Mazzarri from the side to play at the Granillo. Mazzarri admits that he does not yet know who will replace Mozart. ``I am still not sure of the final starting line-up,'' he said. ``I can say that (Carlos Humberto) Paredes is one possible solution but I am ruling nothing out for the moment.'' The match is also notable for a possible all-Japanese showdown in midfield between Fiorentina's Hidetoshi Nakata and Reggina's Shunsuke Nakamura. The match-up has attracted no less than five television crews from the Land of the Rising Sun to the Stadio Oreste Granillo to see how the players fare against each other in a direct head-to-head. If Nakata was the first Japanese player to crack European football, then Nakamura is the current darling of the `Nippon' supporters who frequently flock to remote corners of Italy to watch their favourites in action - a trend that started when Nakata played for Perugia. Nakamura was eager to play down the personal duel, telling club website, www.regginacalcio.it: ``Nakata has a very strong shot and we must be careful. ``I am happy that two Japanese footballers have the opportunity to play against each other in Serie A and I am happy that we as a nation are getting so much more recognition and gratification. ``But I am hoping that things will go my way.'' -- 革命，往往很矛盾，始之许人以自由、解放， 继而转压制、「清心」，所以保名声、抗反动也。 ~《从黎明到衰颓》．巴森~ --

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