Fiorentina's centenary night ends 0-3: Raimondo's double and a Bracaglia header for Frosinone

Fiorentina picked the wrong day to fall apart. Their centenary celebration at the Franchi turned into a 3-0 home defeat to a Frosinone side that had just come up from Serie B.

Antonio Raimondo opened the scoring on 26 minutes, prodding home from close range after Giorgi Kvernadze dug out a cutback from the byline. The hosts hit the woodwork twice in quick reply. Then Gabriele Bracaglia headed in a corner on 38, and Raimondo added a spectacular half-volley on 68 to finish it.

Unlucky, but well beaten

Fiorentina had 60% of the ball and 25 shots, and lost by three. Frosinone needed 12 shots and put six of them on target. It is a first win and first points for the promoted side, and a second straight loss without a goal for Fiorentina, who shipped four at Roma on the opening weekend.

Match facts

• 26' — Antonio Raimondo (Frosinone), assisted by Giorgi Kvernadze
• 38' — Gabriele Bracaglia (Frosinone)
• 68' — Antonio Raimondo (Frosinone)

A night for the club's history

The defeat landed on Fiorentina's 100th anniversary, with club legends Gabriel Batistuta, Manuel Rui Costa and Claudio Ranieri in the stands at the Franchi to mark it. Grosso's XI took the field short of two regular starters: left-back Fabiano Parisi was out injured, and Moise Kean was left out of the squad altogether while a move to Como was being finalised. Víctor Valdepeñas was the Fiorentina player who struck the woodwork from close range in the first-half spell the club could not turn into a goal.

"We know that we have so much potential, now it's up to me to get the most out of it. The idea was clear, we wanted to create a new project here and there were changes all across the board."

— Fabio Grosso, Fiorentina coach

The seasons since

This was only the second step in a spiral that cost Grosso his job. Fiorentina lost again at home to Torino the following round, and the club sacked him immediately after it. Paolo Vanoli, back in Florence for a second spell in charge, took over and won his first match, at Venezia on matchday 4, behind a Franco Mastantuono hat-trick. Fiorentina followed that with a 1-1 draw at home to Napoli on matchday 5. Five rounds in, they sit 17th in Serie A on 4 points, with 6 goals scored and 12 conceded.

Frosinone kept climbing in the opposite direction. Antonio Raimondo scored twice again the following week in a 3-2 win over Venezia, continuing the scoring form he had shown at the Franchi. A 1-1 draw away at Genoa followed, then a 2-0 win over Como on matchday 5. That leaves Massimiliano Alvini's side 4th in Serie A on 10 points, provisionally inside the Champions League places — a striking position for a club that came up from Serie B as runners-up only months earlier.

What's next

Frosinone's first win lifts them to three points, provisionally eighth while the round plays out. Fiorentina are bottom of the table, 20th, no points and seven conceded. The international break follows; Serie A is back in mid-September.