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About Stefano Ursolini

The son of a leading Florentine art dealer, Stefano initially worked in the Uffizi Gallery. He went into journalism and soon became a popular stringer writing on Tuscan wines, art and football. Stefano lives with his partner Umberto in the Santa Croce quarter of Florence. A dedicated supporter of AC Fiorentina his elegant articles on the Viola as well as the Serie A have earned him an appreciative global audience. More Posts

Fiorentina file/ Inter 3 Fiorentina 0

On Sunday evening Alan, Ivan, Michel and I exchange emails and texts on our results. Only Michel could report a win, as OGC Nice beat Guincamp. Fulham lost 1-0, Brighton 2-0 and la Viola 3-0. We lost 7 players over the summer and Kalinic our main striker is see to join AC Milan. It was strange to [...]

August 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

In the football section of the Rust Alan, Ivan, Michel and I are forever emailing our aspirations for the season. Alan is a typical football pessimist and thinks Fulham will not maintain their form of last season, Ivan is looking forward to Premier football but worried that poor results could cost [...]

August 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file: Napoli 4 Fiorentina 1

Fiorentina’s last chance of qualifying for the Europa League disappeared last night in the San Paolo stadium when we lost 4-1 to Napoli. Napoli are one of the strongest sides in the serie a though not as powerful as when they could boast one of the best forward lines in Italy – if not [...]

May 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

A few days in London

I arrived from Florence at the start of the week. I stayed at the Copthorne Hotel, Stamford Bridge where the Manchester United players were too for the FA Cup quarter final. In Italy only Juventus own their own stadium so you would never see such a complex of 2 hotels, restaurants and bars within a [...]

March 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina 2 Torino 2

The word “casino” (crisis) could have been invented with Fiorentina in mind as throughout my support and my father’s there was rarely a period of calm. After conceding 4 second half goals v Borussia Monchengladbach and exiting the Europe League, Paolo Sousa’s job was on the [...]

February 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina 2 Borussia Monchengladbach 4 (3-4 aggregate)

Quite how Fiorentina contrived to lose this game after being 3 up on aggregate is beyond me. Our passionate fans, whilst urging Fiorentina on during the the game, booed them off at the final whistle. I can’t see Paolo Sousa surviving as the club reacts badly to defeats like this. With a one [...]

February 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina File: Roma 4 Fiorentina 0

As Roma have won all 10 home games this season and we never seem to play well at the Olimpico be it Lazio or Roma I was not at all confident of a result. I was correct. Fiorentina played 3 at the back, one of whom was a midfield holding player Sanchez acquired from Aston Villa who was totally out [...]

February 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina 2 Juventus 1

Juve defender Banucci surely made an error in saying this was only another match for his team. For la Viola it is the game of the season, an opportunity to set right the penalty awarded and scored by Liam Brady at Catanzaro and the one denied to us at Cagliari that presented the 1981 scudetto to [...]

January 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file : Fiorentina 0 Atalanta 0

I wish I could say something interesting about this goalless bore draw. Maybe it was the early start at 12-30 on a Sunday but the match never came to life. Fiorentina lie in the bottom half and there is widespread dissatisfaction that there has been little investment in new players especially as [...]

October 17, 2016 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

Not too many Viola fans are filled with optimism for his season. We have bought in the Columbian Claudio Sanchez as an enforcer and Maxi Oliveira an Uruguayan left back from Penarol. The biggest transfer however has been in the opposite direction: Alonso for 25m euros to Chelsea. This is an [...]

September 3, 2016 // 0 Comments

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