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Player grades and 3 things we learned

Fiorentina 2-1 Bologna: Player grades and 3 things we learned

The Derby dell’Appennino brought us a nice mixture of joyful sparks and routine nail-biting.

Čukarički 0-1 Fiorentina: Player grades and 3 things we learned

It’s not easy to draw conclusions out of such a turgid match, but we did our best.

Lazio 1-0 Fiorentina: Player grades and 3 things we learned

Another day, another heartbreak.

Fiorentina 0-2 Empoli: Player grades and 3 things we learned

Just because you know the trap is there doesn’t mean you can always avoid it.

Fiorentina 2-2 Ferencváros: Player grades and 3 things we learned

Sometimes, you just have a bad day at the office. For the 8th time this month.

Fiorentina 3-0 Cagliari: Player grades and 3 things we learned

Brushing aside a newly-promoted side feels pretty dang good.

Frosinone 1-1 Fiorentina: Player grades and 3 things we learned

A deeply frustrating match gives us a little bit of insight into the Italiano’s mental approach.

Genk 2-2 Fiorentina: Player grades and 3 things we learned

Plenty of things to overreact to in this one but only a couple that are actually worth a real freakout.

Inter Milan 4-0 Fiorentina: Player grades and 3 things we learned

In which we try to analyze the wettest of farts.

Fiorentina 2-0 Rapid Wien: Player grades and 3 things we learned

Uomini forti, destini forti.

Rapid Wien 1-0 Fiorentina: Player grades and 3 things we learned

A mighty bad day at the office means the Viola will need to work overtime to stay in Europe.

Genoa 1-4 Fiorentina: Player grades and 3 things we learned

Salutate la capolista.

Fiorentina 1-2 West Ham: Player grades and 3 things we learned

A heroic Viola side came away without hardware but displayed its mettle.

Sassuolo 1-3 Fiorentina: Player grades and 3 things we learned

The Viola finished the Serie A campaign with a bang. In Nico’s case, a literal bang.

Fiorentina 1-2 Inter Milan: Player grades and 3 things we learned

You can’t fault the effort. You can barely fault the result.

Torino 1-1 Fiorentina: Player grades and 3 things we learned

Nobody is going to remember this game.

Basel 1-3 Fiorentina: Player grades and 3 things we learned

The Viola keep setting up obstacles for themselves and then knocking them right back down.

Fiorentina 1-1 Atalanta: Player grades and 3 things we learned

A fascinating tactical battle that occasionally descended into chaos. This is peak Serie A.

Lech Poznań 1-4 Fiorentina: Player grades and 3 things we learned

13 straight unbeaten and a pretty clear path into the semifinals. The Viola keep on rolling.

Cremonese 0-2 Fiorentina: Player grades and 3 things we learned

A lot of very intelligent preparation made this one look simple, but it wasn’t.

Fiorentina 1-0 Lecce: Player grades and 3 things we learned

Getting the win despite a sub-par performance is a fascinating new development for a team that’s so often underachieved.

Sivasspor 1-4 Fiorentina: Player grades and 3 things we learned

It’s tough to draw too many conclusions from a game that was essentially played in a hog wallow, but we’re going to do our darnedest.

Cremonese 0-2 Fiorentina: Player grades and 3 things we learned

A routine win over a clearly-overmatched opponent isn’t what we associate with the Viola, but we’ll happily take it.

Fiorentina 1-0 Sivasspor: Player grades and 3 things we learned

The Viola once again laugh in the face of every xG model you can imagine, but at least this time they came away with a win.

Hellas Verona 0-3 Fiorentina: Player grades and 3 things we learned

It doesn’t always have to be pretty, which is a weird conclusion from a 0-3 win on the road.

Fiorentina 3-2 Braga: Player grades and 3 things we learned

Despite their best efforts, the Viola can’t dig themselves deep enough to avoid progressing to the Conference League Round of 16.

Braga 0-4 Fiorentina: Player grades and 3 things we learned

Maybe this team isn’t as doomed, doomed, doomed as we’d been led to believe.

Fiorentina 0-1 Torino: Player grades and 3 things we learned

Nobody’s having fun right now.

Fiorentina 1-0 Sampdoria: Player grades and 3 things we learned

A calm, professional 1-0 win over an inferior opponent is just the weirdest thing to write about for this team.

Fiorentina 2-1 Sassuolo: Player grades and 3 things we learned

This edition of the Viola can never make it easy on itself, but sometimes that’s still good enough.

Fiorentina 1-1 Monza: Player grades and 3 things we learned

It’s safe to say that this kind of result is part of a pattern rather than an outlier.

AC Milan 2-1 Fiorentina: Player grades and 3 things we learned

Nobody’s interested in rants about refereeing, but sometimes they’re justified.