The Fiorentina Chronicle
Match21 Aug 2027
Fiorentina make home a hard place to visit
21 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
Market23 Aug 2027
Fiorentina say no — this time
The offer from Lecce for Abdelhamid Sabiri was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Fiorentina
Mateo Retegui and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Real improvement from Mattia Ievoli at Fiorentina
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Mattia Ievoli is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
7 academy graduates step up at Fiorentina
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
The terraces23 Aug 2027
One of their own: Tommaso Rubino
He is 20 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Andrea Serra joins the Fiorentina first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andrea Serra is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Mariano Zangari joins the Fiorentina first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mariano Zangari is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market23 Aug 2027
Fiorentina promote Danilo Bellini from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Danilo Bellini has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Match Fiorentina find a way past Lazio
- Squad Words at Fiorentina training over how hard people work
- Player ratings One of those days for Marco Brescianini