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„Fiorentina“ President Rocco Commisso cannot yet be happy with this season's results. The club is currently in 14th place in the „Serie A“ standings, although they ended the year with an impressive victory, beating Turin's „Juventus“ 3-0. According to the billionaire, he was afraid that the country's champions would lend a helping hand to the „violets“ in terms of match officials. "I watched the match with my wife and did not relax until the third goal, because I knew that sooner or later the referees could give a gift to „Juventus“. I saw the "blonde" (Turin team's vice president Pavel Nedved - ed. note), who last year had offered me a cup of good tea. Well, I hope he has now tasted chamomile tea, seeing the Czech reactions in the stands," R. Commisso said. The wealthy man also spoke about the episode when former club player Federico Chiesa was roughly tackled by „Fiorentina“ players and the young Italian needed medical help. "Maybe they wanted to defend the club and the president. When a player leaves in such a way as he did... I could only advise people not to burn bridges like that and to stay humble, unlike he did." R. Commisso also urged fans not to be too disappointed by poor results. "Everyone needs to understand that when I bought „Fiorentina“, the club was not among the strongest. I received criticism for saying our goal is to be in the middle of the table, but why should I aim for the Champions League when the current club situation does not allow it? „Fiorentina“ revenues have decreased, thankfully my company „Mediacom“ injected 50-60 million euros. I also do not count the money spent on building the training base. I repeat - the club needs a new stadium. If you don't allow me to build it, then use your own money and build it where you want. The „Stadio Franchi“ stadium needs to be renovated, the arena cannot be next to the road. It must be demolished."
