The Da Vinci Code carries the name of Florence's favourite son but Lawrence Shankland insists he's already deciphered how to crack Fiorentina's defence.
The Hearts striker believes all roads lead to Lazio in the search of the Holy Grail as the Jambos attempt to land a historic Europa Conference League win and revive their Group A ambitions. La Viola were hammered 4-0 by their Italian rivals on Monday and languish in 13th spot on the Serie A table, it was a result which had the home fans sending their team off at full-time to a crescendo of boos.
Shankland is well aware that Fiorentina's 3-0 win at Tynecastle last Thursday underlined their quality but when it comes to finding reasons to be confident the secrets to the Italian side's defence can be unravelled. He said: "Fiorentina took a heavy defeat on Monday so they can lose goals. If you attack them in the right ways you can get at them.
