00:00To the media, to our supporters, and to the entire Familia Viola, there are seasons that are measured by the
00:10table, and there are seasons that are measured by the heart.
00:15This season tested our patience, our pride, and our unity.
00:20We know very well that Fiorentina must have higher standards, stronger performances, and ambitions worthy of this club's history.
00:31But even in a season of suffering, there is one truth that must be spoken clearly.
00:38This club did not abandon itself. It kept working. It kept believing.
00:45And in the hardest moment, it found the strength to stand again.
00:50For me, and for my family, this season was also painful in a much deeper way, because it came during
00:58the passing of my father, Rocco B. Camiso.
01:03Anyone who knew my father knew how much Fiorentina meant to him, and how strongly he believed in this club,
01:11this city, and its people.
01:15In the most difficult days, I thought often about the strength he showed throughout his life, the sacrifices he made,
01:23and the values he taught us.
01:25Never surrender, stay united, and keep building even when the road is hard.
01:33His spirit remains with us at Fiorentina, at the Rocco B. Camiso Viola Park, and in the responsibility we have
01:41to keep moving this club forward with courage, dignity, and love.
01:46First of all, I want to speak directly to our supporters.
01:50You were asked to suffer too much this year.
01:54And yet, you never stopped loving these colors.
01:59In the cold nights at the stadio at Temerio Franke, in the long silences after painful results, in the songs
02:07that still rose from the stands, you reminded everyone what Fiorentina truly is.
02:14Fiorentina is not only a team. Fiorentina is belonging. Fiorentina is family. Fiorentina is Florence itself. Proud, passionate, demanding, and
02:30full of soul.
02:32For that, you deserve not only thanks, but respect.
02:37Because the love of our supporters is not decoration around this club.
02:44It is the soul of this club.
02:47And everything we do must honor that love.
02:51At the toughest point of the season, I believed Fiorentina needed a major and necessary change in its sporting organization.
03:00Not a small adjustment.
03:03But a real step forward to give us the best chance to escape the relegation threats and begin rebuilding with
03:11greater strength.
03:13During those difficult weeks, as my father's health was declining and the pressure on the club was at its highest,
03:21I was the first to ask that Fiorentina bring in a top-level sporting director.
03:27It was a decision made in a time of great personal pain and great sporting difficulty.
03:34But it was the right decision for the club.
03:38I am glad we had the courage to make that change when Fiorentina needed it most.
03:43That is why I want to give a very special thanks to Fabio Perattici.
03:50In one of the darkest moments of the season, his experience, his calm, and his work had a major impact
03:57on this club.
03:58He helped guide Fiorentina out of a situation that was not worthy of our history and not acceptable for our
04:06ambitions.
04:08For that, I am deeply grateful to him.
04:10I also want to recognize Alessandro Ferrari, our general manager, who worked with seriousness, balance, and dedication during an extremely
04:18difficult period for the club.
04:20My thanks also go to Paolo Vanoli, to our players, and to every member of the staff who kept fighting
04:28every day when the pressure was high and the margin for error was gone.
04:35I also want to dedicate a special thought to Fabiano Parisi.
04:41All of us at Fiorentina are with him, and we look forward to seeing him back on the pitch soon
04:48with the same energy, courage, and enthusiasm he has always shown in this shirt.
04:54What this group achieved should not be forgotten.
04:58When Paolo Vanoli arrived in Florence on November 7, 2025, Fiorentina were at the bottom of the Serie A table,
05:06with only 4 points after 10 matches, and still without a single victory.
05:13No team in Serie A history had ever avoided relegation from those circumstances.
05:19Yet, this group found the strength to change its destiny, becoming the first team in Serie A history to secure
05:27survival after failing to win any of its opening 15 league matches.
05:34These are not just statistics.
05:37They are a portrait of character.
05:40They are a portrait of unity.
05:42They are a portrait of a club that refused to surrender.
05:48And that is why this season must be understood in the right way.
05:53It was not the season we wanted.
05:57It was not the season our supporters deserved.
06:01But it became a season that revealed something important about the spirit inside this club.
06:07When fear grew, this group stayed together.
06:12When doubt grew, this group kept working.
06:16When the noise outside became louder, this group searched for strength inside the dressing room, inside the training ground, and
06:25inside the badge on the chest.
06:28Believe did not return all at once.
06:31It returned little by little.
06:33It returned in a point earned when many expected defeat.
06:38It returned in a recovery run, in a save, in a tackle, in a player sacrificing for the teammate beside
06:48him.
06:48It returned when people stopped looking only at the table and started looking into each other's eyes.
06:56That is how difficult seasons are changed.
07:00Not with speeches alone.
07:02Not with excuses.
07:04But with honesty, discipline, and unity.
07:08That is also why I want to say something important today.
07:12Survival cannot be the destination of Fiorentina.
07:16It must be the point from which we rise again.
07:21We must take the pain of the season, learn from it, and use it to build a stronger future.
07:28We owe that to our supporters.
07:31We owe that to the city.
07:34And we owe that to everyone who has worked for Fiorentina with love and sacrifice.
07:41The clear sign of that future is already in front of us.
07:46Congratulations to our Fiorentina Primavera for winning Primavera 1 and bringing this title back home for the first time since
07:551983.
07:56Congratulations as well for winning the 2026 Via Rego Cup World Football Tournament Copa Carnavale.
08:05These are not only trophies.
08:08They are signs.
08:10They are proof that when a club invest seriously in young people, protects them, teaches them, and believes in them,
08:18the future starts to answer.
08:20I am very proud of our young players, our coaching staff, and every person inside the club who helped make
08:28these achievements possible.
08:30I know Rocco would be very proud.
08:33And all of Fiorentina should give this team a very special round of applause.
08:40This is why youth development means so much to me.
08:45It is important for Fiorentina.
08:47It is important for Italian football.
08:51Our vision, and the vision shared deeply by my father, has always been to invest in our children and in
09:00our youth so that Fiorentina can help produce great players, strong people, and a stronger future for the game in
09:09this country.
09:10The Rocco B. Camiso Viola Park is not simply a training center.
09:15It is a home for growth.
09:18It is a school of values.
09:20It is a symbol of the kind of club we want Fiorentina to be.
09:25When we invest in youth, we invest in more than tomorrow's lineup.
09:31We invest in identity.
09:34We invest in continuity.
09:38We invest in the possibility that a young player who learns here will one day walk onto the pitch at
09:46the Franke, understanding exactly what these colors mean to the people of Florence.
09:53That matters on a sporting level, and it matters on a human level.
09:58For Fiorentina, this is not only one important project among many.
10:03It is one of the most important choices we can make for the long-term strength and stability of the
10:10club.
10:11The same vision guides our commitment to the stadium.
10:14We have formally confirmed our intention to continue working with the city of Florence on the completion of the modernization
10:22of the Stadio Atomio Franke.
10:24Our objective is simple and sincere.
10:27To give Fiorentina supporters a beautiful home worthy of their passion.
10:32To create an exceptional match day experience worthy of the city.
10:37And to build a stronger and more sustainable future for the club.
10:42A modern stadium is not only about bricks and concrete.
10:47It is about pride.
10:49It is about belonging.
10:53It is about giving our supporters a home that reflects the beauty of Florence and the dignity of these colors.
11:01When a club can generate more revenue in a right and responsible way, it creates more capacity to reinvest in
11:08the future of the club.
11:10In the squad.
11:12In the academy.
11:13In the supporter experience.
11:15And in the long-term competitiveness of Fiorentina.
11:19That is how we should think about the Franke.
11:22We want a stadium that honors Florence, respects our supporters, and helps Fiorentina become stronger year after year.
11:30This must be our home.
11:33And it must be a home our people can be proud of for many years to come.
11:37As we approach the 100th anniversary of Fiorentina, I feel this responsibility even more deeply.
11:47100 years of history is not only a moment to celebrate what came before us.
11:54It is a responsibility to build what comes next.
11:59History is not something to place behind glass.
12:04History is a torch that one generation places in the hands of the next.
12:11Our task is not only to admire Fiorentina's story.
12:15Our task is to be worthy of continuing it.
12:19As we look ahead, I want Fiorentina to move forward with courage, belief, and ambition.
12:27Great clubs are not built by words alone.
12:31They are built by vision, discipline, sacrifice, and the daily responsibility to honor the shirt.
12:41We will not think small.
12:43We will not allow difficult moments to define the future of this club.
12:48Our dreams must be worthy of Florence.
12:51And our work must be worthy of those dreams.
12:55We must build with responsibility, compete with pride, and fight every day to make the Fiorentina family proud.
13:03That is the spirit we must carry into the future.
13:07And so let me close with a message that comes from the heart.
13:12Believe in Fiorentina.
13:15Believe in the work.
13:18Believe in the young people who are growing in these colors.
13:23Believe in the foundations we are building.
13:27Believe that pain can become strength.
13:31That unity can become progress.
13:33And that Florence can always give beauty and meaning to these colors.
13:39This season gave us a lesson that should stay with us.
13:43When we stood together, we endured.
13:47When we believed together, we changed our destiny.
13:52And when we fight together, Fiorentina has a future that can honor its history.
13:57Never divided.
13:59Never resigned.
14:01Always Viola.
14:03Sempre Forza Viola.
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