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January 31st, 2008

All eyes on the Franchi Sunday Night

By: Tim | Comments 2 Comments

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Before we get to the big game, Fiorentina closed the transfer window by selling Michele Pazienza to Palermo Napoli for 4.5 million euros. All things considered, he was pretty far down the pecking order in the midfield and I’m not sure that he fit into the “Viola Project”. That’s a pretty substantial [...]

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January 30th, 2008

Fiorentina 1, Lazio 2: Match Recap

By: Ted | Comments 4 Comments

Today in front of tens of fans at the Artemio Franchi in Florence, Fiorentina lost the second leg of their tie with Lazio and thus were eliminated from the Italian Cup. The American announcers calling the game on the station I was watching openly questioned how much Fiorentina wanted the match; certainly by resting [...]

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January 29th, 2008

Fiorentina v. Lazio Cup Preview and News and Notes

By: Ted | Comments 2 Comments

Before we get to today’s preview of tomorrow’s Italian Cup return leg match between the Viola and Lazio, I wanted to report that Cesare Prandelli confirmed in his afternoon press conference that the club had signed Portuguese U-21 defender Manuel Da Costa from PSV (beating out both Juve and Parma for the kid). Prandelli [...]

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January 27th, 2008

Viola leave it late, get past Empoli 2-0

By: Tim | Comments No Comments

Before we get to the game, I’d like to take a moment to welcome Ted. I’m happy to have him on board, hopefully now between the two of us we can get more regular posts up here. Life has been getting in the way of blogging recently so this should work out [...]

Category Category: Team News
January 27th, 2008

Fiorentina: News and Notes

By: Ted | Comments 3 Comments

Hi Everyone. My name is Ted, and I will be helping Tim keep everyone up to date on the goings-on at Fiorentina. Together we hope to bring you everything you need to know about the greatest sports team ever to wear purple. Yes, even greater than the Minnesota Vikings and the Sacramento [...]

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January 13th, 2008

Viola grind out win, keep pace with league leaders thanks to Mutu

By: Tim | Comments 7 Comments

Well, thank god the games are back. Fiorentina had to earn this one from their trip to the Tardini in Parma, but the boys came through. It will be a satisfying win for Frey, Mutu and Prandelli considering their time spent at Parma FC. Onto the game.
First Half
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