Fiorentina Crisis Shows Little Signs of Letting Up as Verona Put Them to the Sword

Fiorentina find themselves rock-bottom, six points on the board and eight points from safety.

These are numbers that scream crisis, not transition. And to make it worse, no team in the three-point era has ever survived relegation after failing to win any of their first 13 games. Fiorentina are already past that line.

Sunday’s 2-1 defeat at the hands of Hellas Verona felt like a breaking point. The club responded with drastic measures: an indefinite ritiro, players locked into a training retreat and a full media blackout. No interviews. No explanations. Most of the supporters are only with Mandragora’s spirit among the players. When silence becomes policy, it’s usually because words have run out.

Fiorentina Face Crisis On and Off the Pitch

The instability begins at the top. Some supporters think that president Commisso’s silence on Fiorentina’s crisis is linked to some severe illness of his. Especially, if we compare his constant presence on Italian media in the past to the actual dead silence in the last two months.

Paolo Vanoli was appointed just a month ago, after Stefano Pioli was sacked in November, and he is already on the brink of being sacked. One month. One coach after another. Zero wins.

That kind of turnover doesn’t just affect tactics: it kills identity. Fiorentina look like a team unsure of what they’re supposed to be. The “Seven Sisters” era has gone, but La Viola lack mentality. Pressing comes and goes. Confidence disappears after the first mistake. Heads drop quickly. And, on a side note, some players are very active on their personal social media doing dances, singing songs and play challenges. This is a squad playing with fear. Not freedom.

This wasn’t supposed to be a survival season. Fiorentina invested big in the summer. Edin Džeko arrived with experience and leadership. Moise Kean was supposed to be the new attacking reference point. Albert Gudmundsson the shining star.

Instead, goals have dried up, performances have dipped, and new signings have failed to lift the level. Nothing clicks. Not individually. Not collectively. And yet, strangest of all? Europe is a completely different story altogether.

Fiorentina in Europe Could Be Their Saving Grace

In the UEFA Conference League, Fiorentina look… fine. Competitive. Organised. Still on track for the knockout phase. The contrast with Serie A can’t be any sharper, and it’s fueling confusion among fans and insiders alike. How can a team collapse domestically, yet function in Europe?

History provides an uncomfortable warning: this all has a decidedly familiar feel to events in 1992–93, when a talented Fiorentina contrived to drop into Serie B. On that occasion, quality wasn’t enough. It isn’t now either.

Last season, Fiorentina finished sixth and reached a European final. Today they’re staring relegation straight in the face. This isn’t a slump anymore. It’s a full-blown identity crisis, and although we haven’t reached the halfway point of the season, Viola’s time is suddenly running out.