On three occasions, Fiorentina found itself on the brink of collapse, and on three occasions Florence stepped in to save it: in 1926 through the merger, in the post-war period through the club’s reconstruction, and in 2002 following its bankruptcy. Leonardo Domenici retraces that history and reveals the background to Diego Della Valle’s choice, with Enrico Preziosi and D’Alema in the background.