Fiorentina vs. Juventus: Endless Controversy. The Bianconeri Are Furious: “We Don’t Want to See You Anymore”

The controversy among Juventus fans against Joao Mario, who was at the center of a much-discussed incident during the match against Fiorentina, shows no signs of dying down. The Portuguese player touched the ball with his arm around the 80th minute, but referee Andrea Colombo let play continue and the VAR did not intervene.

Juventus fans obviously took it out on the referee, but Joao Mario himself also came under fire. The player left Juventus this summer to join Fiorentina on loan (with Fiorentina holding an option to buy him).

Several Juve fans took to social media to address the Portuguese player directly: “We don’t want to see you in Turin anymore; if Fiorentina doesn’t buy you out, find yourself another team,” declared Umberto, echoed by Marinella: “I hope Fiorentina keeps you; you’re no longer welcome at Juve. Goodbye, dear,” she wrote on X. Hundreds of messages along these lines have been shared on social media by Juventus fans.

At the end of the match between Fiorentina and Juventus, which ended 2-2, Luciano Spalletti commented on the Joao Mario incident as follows: “I don’t need to watch it again; I already saw it on the field. I don’t know what to say. Can I have the next question?”

Ezio Greggio, a well-known Juventus supporter, also weighed in on social media: “We thank Vicario, but also the Bishop, the Cardinal, and all the Saints for our goalkeeper’s saves. Juventus definitely takes home 1 point thanks to Vicario’s cat-like leaps. Would they have awarded the penalty in our favor if it had gone against us? Of course they would have. Maybe Juve didn’t deserve to win, but penalties are penalties. We need our key players to return to raise the level of play. Anyway, Forza Juve now and forever.”