Fiorentina: Tommy, a 7 year old fan meets the players

Tomorrow Tommaso returns to school, second grade, with the purple number one shirt signed by Dodo and De Gea. Last Sunday little Tommy was at the Artemio Franchi, in the authorities’ stand, sitting in the row immediately behind Dzeko, Fazzini and the managers. He, 7 years old, living his dream, which became even bigger when in injury time Moise Kean scored the winning goal against Cremonese.

all purple

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But why is Tommy’s story so special? Because he lives in Lodi, the only Viola fan in the entire area, among supporters of the same age of the Northern teams. And in this season, where Fiorentina is also last in the standings, keeping your footballing faith intact in the face of teasing from other children becomes almost “heroic”. Tommaso always goes to school dressed in purple, with the Fiorentina jacket and backpack, ready to keep the honor of his team high despite the crisis. A few weeks ago, defeat after defeat, a moment of weakness, the desire to take off those colors, but then a new burst of pride. Through social media, mother Vania makes known the particular story of her son, with big blue eyes and a purple heart, among many Inter fans and AC Milan fans, including his sister who is called Viola but belongs to the Rossoneri. Tommy’s passion comes from his mother and even before that from his maternal grandfather who lived in a town in Tuscany and had begun to sympathize with Fiorentina.

immediate response

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Rocco Commisso’s club reads Vania’s post and some players do the same like Dodo who responds on Instagram. In the meantime, the club wastes no time and gets in touch with the family, sends Tommaso the shirt signed by his idols and then also invites him to the stadium, in the authorities’ stand, for the match against Cremonese. Tommy shows up with his mother, sister, father Matteo and a sign with the words “Believing in dreams changes stories”. At the final whistle, also the last gift: he is taken to the locker room among his idols. “It was a real dream for Tommy and he will be able to tell it to his classmates. I already know that when he wakes up, at the end of the trip, he will think he has dreamed everything. And instead we will be there to remind him that it is all true. There will be photos with Dodo and the others. There will be the hug with De Gea. There will be Tommaso Martinelli and that shirt he gave him, kept like a relic. There will be Lezzerini’s gloves” Vania said on social media on her return from Florence. Tommaso is also between the posts in the Codogno team and who knows, after this story of love for the purple colours, he might even be able to convince some of his teammates to become Fiorentina fans just like him.