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.