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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

Roma 0 Fiorentina 3

Fiorentina won convincingly in the Olimpico to go through to the quarter finals of the Europa League. We are advancing on all fronts as we beat Roma there in the Coppa and defend a 2-0 lead over Juventus  in the return leg in Florence on April 7th and should reach the final. All this is impressive [...]

March 20, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

Fiorentina are committed on three fronts: the serie a, the Coppa and the Europa League. Montella our manager has to juggle his resources and prioritise his targets. On Monday we crashed – the Italian word is ‘ crolla’ -to Lazio 4-0 which all but ended any hopes of a top three [...]

March 13, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

Its been a good week for La Viola disposing of Tottenham in the Europa Cup and then beating Inter in the San Siro. Spurs had an early chance when Salgado and Chadli were two on keeper Neto but the pass between them was too casual. After that Gomez and then Chelsea loanee Salah scored, his fourth [...]

March 3, 2015 // 0 Comments

Spurs 1 Fiorentina 1

I was happy to be back in London on a cold windy night warmed by a pleasing performance bŷ the Viola at White Hart Lane. My father used to speak of the Spurs double team at a time when Fiorentina were Serie A second or champions for 5 seasons and also one of the best teams in Europe. Indeed [...]

February 20, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

In Florence we believe the deal of Cuadrado to Chelsea for €32m is all but done. He will fly to Chelsea on Saturday for the medical. Although he is not the player of last season, he joins the line of our midfielders tempted by big offers and champions league success. However, in the case of the [...]

January 30, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

It’s been a while since I last posted on La Viola. Given the two injuries to forwards Rossi and Bernardeschi and only the recent return of another Mario Gomez, it’s been a satisfactory season going into the winter break. We are top of our group in the Europa League though we [...]

December 15, 2014 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

I am a big fan of Vincenzo Montella but his team selection and tactics were incomprehensible against Lazio. He made 5 big mistakes: 1) he dropped Borja Valero, our most effective midfielder 2) he played Fernamdez not Aquilani as “mezzo punto” (behind the striker) 3) he played a diamond [...]

October 20, 2014 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

Like Ivan’s Brighton, Fiorentina have had a problem scoring. This is hardly surprising as our two main strikers are injured: Gomez and  Rossi. I was critical that we did not buy another experienced striker but the owners were more intent on hanging onto Juan Cuadrado with Real Madrid and [...]

October 6, 2014 // 2 Comments

Fiorentina file

Fiorentina opened their season with a defeat at the Olimpico to Roma. Hardly a surprise as Roma were one of the form teams last year, finishing second to Juventus with sufficient points to win the scudetto most seasons. We have been relatively passive in the transfer market over the summer, the [...]

August 31, 2014 // 0 Comments

Italian view

Like yourselves, we are bitterly disappointed with our second successive poor performance in the World Cup. My Florentine friends have been texting me angrily that this would not have have happened if Rossi had been selected. I agree. He, not Cassano nor Immobile, was the type of forward who would [...]

June 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

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