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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

Tonight Fiorentina play Basel in the Europa League in a key match. We lost our first home games to Basel and to Lech Posnan but between these won away at Belenenses. Another away win at Posnan gave us 6 points and every chance of 9 as our final game is home to Belenenses, the weakest team in the [...]

November 26, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file: Lech Posnan 0 Fiorentina 2

Fiorentina, whilst top of the serie a, have not covered thèmselves with glory in their Europa League campaign losing at home to both Basel and Lech Posnan. A victory last night at Lech Posnan was crucial and achieved but manager Paolo Sousa had to rest key players like Kalinic and Valero with [...]

November 6, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file: Fiorentina 4 Frosinone 1

With an away win at Varona on Wednesday and a comprehensive victory at home yesterday over Frosinone the Viola are back on top of the serie a. There had been some unrest amongst the fans. The most partisan gather at the Curva Fiesole. One a “Lanciatori” (a supporter who turns his back [...]

November 2, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

Fiorentina have now lost 3 successive games in a row, two against top serie a sides, Napoli and Roma, one against the weakest side in their Europa League group, Lech Posnan. Whilst this is cause for concern, it’s hardly a crisis as we stand  third in the league. It is difficult to see why we [...]

October 27, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

Fiorentina beat Atalanta 3-0 on Sunday to stay on top of a serie a. Much of the praise must go to manager Paolo Sousa. I spoke of him when he took the job to Rex, Alan and Ivan. They said that he had managed at Swansea with success, less so at QPR and even less at Leicester City. Just as some [...]

October 6, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina File: Inter 1 Fiorentina 4

It was a good weekend for the football group on the Rust. On Friday Fulham produced their best performance for many years in beating QPR, on Saturday Ivan’s Brighton are still top of the Championship and last night we beat Inter, the league leaders at San Siro 4-1. This is the first time that [...]

September 28, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

Fiorentina have got off to a good start under new coach Paolo Sousa who has taken over from Vincenzo Montella. We beat Barcelona and Chelsea in the International Champions Cup. Yesterday we faced a rejuvenated Milan under Sinisa Mihajovic who once managed here. He has spent €90m on new players to [...]

August 24, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

I had a very happy text from John Pargiter after the Juve win. He had backed them each way at 20-1 after the knock out stage on my advice. I could not bear  supporting a Juve win so I made no  bet myself. I do not think they will beat Barca in the final.  In the Champions League they abandoned [...]

May 14, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

A month or so ago I was contacted by John Pargiter. It sounds treacherous but I was more optimistic of Juventus’ chances in the Champions League than ours in the Europa League. He duly backed Juve each way at 20-1 which is looking good as they defend a 2-1 lead in Madrid next Wednesday. Last [...]

May 8, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

Grudges and conspiracies live long in the Florentine soul. Perhaps it is to do with the historic rivalry of the Guelphs and Ghibellines. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the rivalry of Juventus who are derided as ” gobbi” (hunchbacks). This hatred is based on 3 factors: the sale to [...]

April 30, 2015 // 1 Comment

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