00:00To the media, to our supporters and to the entire Familia Viola, there are seasons that
00:08are measured by the table and there are seasons that are measured by the heart. This season
00:16tested our patience, our pride and our unity. We know very well that Fiorentina must have
00:24higher 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. This
00:39club did not abandon itself. It kept working. It kept believing. And in the hardest moment,
00:47it found the strength to stand again. For me and for my family, this season was also painful
00:54in a much deeper way because it came during the 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
01:11club, this city and its people. In the most difficult days, I thought often about the strength he showed
01:19throughout his life, the sacrifices he made and the values he taught us. Never surrender,
01:27stay united and keep building even when the road is hard. His spirit remains with us at Fiorentina,
01:36at the Rocco B Camiso Viola Park and in the responsibility we have to keep moving this club
01:42forward with courage, dignity and love. First of all, I want to speak directly to our supporters.
01:50You were asked to suffer too much this year and 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,
02:06and the songs that 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,
02:27passionate, demanding and full of soul. For 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. Everything we do must honor that love. At the toughest point of the
02:53season,
02:53I believed Fiorentina needed a major and necessary change in its sporting organization. Not a small
03:01adjustment, but a real step forward to give us the best chance to escape the relegation threats
03:09and begin rebuilding with greater strength. During those difficult weeks, as my father's health was
03:16declining and the pressure on the club was at its highest, I was the first to ask that Fiorentina bring
03:25in a top level sporting director. It was a decision made in a time of great personal pain and great
03:33sporting difficulty. But it was the right decision for the club. I am glad we had the courage to make
03:41that change when Fiorentina needed it most. That is why I want to give a very special thanks to Fabio
03:48Paratici. In one of the darkest moments of the season, his experience, his calm, and his work had
03:56a major impact on this club. He helped guide Fiorentina out of a situation that was not worthy of our
04:03history and not acceptable for our ambitions. For that, I am deeply grateful to him. I also want to
04:12recognize Alessandro Ferrari, our general manager, who worked with seriousness, balance, and dedication
04:17during an extremely difficult period for the club. My thanks also go to Paolo Vanoli, to our players,
04:25and to every member of the staff who kept fighting every day when the pressure was high and the margin
04:32for error was gone. I also want to dedicate a special thought to Fabiano Parisi. All of us at Fiorentina
04:43are
04:43with him. And we look forward to seeing him back on the pitch soon with the same energy, courage, and
04:50enthusiasm he has always shown in this shirt. What this group achieved should not be forgotten.
04:58When Paolo Vanoli arrived in Florence on November 7th, 2025, Fiorentina were at the bottom of the Serie A
05:06table with only four points after 10 matches and still without a single victory.
05:13No team in Serie A history had ever avoided relegation from those circumstances. Yet this group found the
05:22strength to change its destiny, becoming the first team in Serie A history to secure survival after failing to
05:29to win any of its opening 15 league matches. These are not just statistics. They were a portrait of character.
05:40They're a portion of unity. They 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. It 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. When doubt grew, this group kept working.
06:16When the noise outside became louder, this group searched for strength inside the dressing room,
06:23inside the training ground, and inside the badge on the chest.
06:28Believe did not return all at once. It returned little by little. It returned in a point earned when many
06:36expected defeat. It returned in a recovery run, in a save, in a tackle, in a player sacrificing for the
06:47teammate beside him.
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. Not with excuses. But with honesty, discipline, and unity.
07:07That is also why I want to say something important today.
07:12Survival cannot be the destination of Fiorentina. It 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. We 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.
07:45Congratulations to our Fiorentina Primavera for winning Primavera 1 and bringing this title back home for the first time since
07:551983.
07:57Congratulations as well for winning the 2026 Via Rego Cup World Football Tournament Copa Carnavale.
08:05These are not only trophies. They are signs.
08:10They are proof that when a club invests 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 and all of Fiorentina should give this team a very special round of
08:39applause.
08:41This is why youth development means so much to me.
08:45It is important for Fiorentina. It 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.
09:13It is not simply a training center. It is a home for growth. It is a school of values. It
09:21is a symbol of the kind of club we want Fiorentina to be.
09:26When we invest in youth, we invest in more than tomorrow's lineup.
09:31We invest in identity. We invest in continuity. We invest in the possibility that a young player who learns here
09:43will one day walk onto the pitch at the Franke understanding exactly what these colors mean to the people of
09:51Florence.
09:53That matters on a sporting level and it matters on a human level.
09:57For 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 Attermio 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.
10:38And 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. It is about pride. It 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. In the academy. In the supporter experience.
11:15And in the long-term competitiveness of Fiorentina.
11:19That is how we should think about the Franke.
11:21We 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.
11:55It 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.
12:10Our 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.
13:24Believe in the foundations we are building.
13:28Believe 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.
13:51And when we fight together, Fiorentina has a future that can honor its history.
13:58Never divided.
13:59Never resigned.
14:01Always Viola.
14:03Sempre Forza Viola.
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