We’ve spent 2 months watching Fiorentina flail around and slowly sink underwater. Whatever Stefano Pioli has tried has failed, with one brief exception. During the first half of the Como game, the Viola, deployed in a 4-4-2, demonstrated flashes of competence. Yes, it was against a bad team. Yes, it relied on the element of […]
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The October international break is usually a frustration for Fiorentina fans but this one’s arrival means that we don’t have to watch this woeful team, so its arrival has been a balm to the scorched Viola soul. It was also the earliest that the club could have reasonably parted ways with its embattled upper management […]
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Fresh off its first win of the season (albeit in the Conference League against a badly overmatched Sigma), Fiorentina heads to the capital for an entirely different challenge against Serie A joint-leader Roma. The match will be played on Sunday, 5 October 2025, at 14:00 GMT/10:00 EST, at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. The forecast […]
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Pre-match Stefano Pioli ignored the preseason directive to get Tommaso Martinelli into cup games and stuck with David de Gea in goal. Cher Ndour and Nicolò Fagioli got rare starts in midfield while Edin Džeko replaced the suspended Moise Kean up front. It was nice to see old friend Tomáš Ujfaluši back at the Artemio […]
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As many of you are likely aware, Google searches are … different these days. The good news is Google is offering a solution for folks who like to get their news from specific sources. If you want to help Viola Nation — while also streamlining all your Google searches — there is now a way. […]
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