{"id":417829,"date":"2026-01-18T18:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T18:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/417829\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T18:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T18:34:12","slug":"fiorentina-pays-tribute-to-late-owner-rocco-commisso-in-emotional-2-1-win-at-bologna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/417829\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiorentina pays tribute to late owner Rocco Commisso in emotional 2-1 win at Bologna"},"content":{"rendered":"

MILAN \u2014 Fiorentina paid tribute to owner Rocco Commisso with special shirts and a heartwarming goal celebration in an emotional 2-1 win at Bologna in Serie A on Sunday.<\/p>\n

It was announced early Saturday that Commisso, who purchased Fiorentina in 2019, had died. But his family wanted the team to play as scheduled in his honor.<\/p>\n

Fiorentina warmed up wearing shirts with Commisso\u2019s photo as well as the words \u201c1 Rocco\u201d on the back, and \u201cGrazie Rocco\u201d on the front.<\/p>\n

There was a minute\u2019s silence before kickoff \u2014 as in all the Serie A matches this weekend \u2014 and the players were also wearing black armbands, while the away fans displayed banners in tribute to Commisso.<\/p>\n

Rolando Mandragora celebrated scoring the opening goal in the 19th minute by running to the touchline and picking up a special Fiorentina jersey with \u201cRocco\u201d on it. He was later seen wearing that shirt in the post-match celebrations.<\/p>\n

Roberto Piccoli doubled Fiorentina\u2019s goal on the stroke of halftime. It was initially ruled out for offside but awarded on video review.<\/p>\n

Bologna coach Vincenzo Italiano, who coached Fiorentina to three finals before leaving in 2024, was visibly irate with his team \u2014 hurling his hat to the ground \u2014 and made four changes at halftime.<\/p>\n

\"Fiorentina's<\/p>\n

Fiorentina’s Roberto Piccoli celebrates after scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna and Fiorentina, in Bologna, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. Credit: AP\/Massimo Paolone<\/p>\n

One of those substitutes, Giovanni Fabbian, headed in a late consolation.<\/p>\n

Relegation-threatened Fiorentina moved level on points with Lecce, which occupies the last place of safety and was playing at second-placed AC Milan later.<\/p>\n

Bologna slid down the table to eighth after one win in 10 Serie A matches.<\/p>\n

Earlier Sunday, Parma drew 0-0 with Genoa in a relegation battle.<\/p>\n

\"Bologna's<\/p>\n

Bologna’s head coach Vincenzo Italiano looks during a minute of silence to honor late Fiorentina President Rocco Commiss,o during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna and Fiorentina, in Bologna, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. Credit: AP\/Massimo Paolone<\/p>\n

Genoa is three points above the drop zone and three below Parma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILAN \u2014 Fiorentina paid tribute to owner Rocco Commisso with special shirts and a heartwarming goal celebration in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82,3851],"class_list":{"0":"post-417829","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-wires-bot"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}