Lorenzo Chiesa, who is Federico’s brother who plays for Fiorentina in the Viareggio tournament – Corriere.it

His last official match dates back to 10 months ago. Fiorentina-Parma 0-2, U18 championship. From there a painful fast, however faced with optimism and stubbornness. Lorenzo Church, 19 years old, lived the same nightmare as Federico, his big brother. In June, during one of the many training sessions, the knee cracks. The worst possible diagnosis, cruciate ligament rupture. The right, unlike the Juventus player, who in January 2022 – in the championship match against Roma – had hurt his left. And if the latter had decided to have an operation in Innsbruck by Dr. Finck, Lorenzo remains in Italy and entrusts himself to Prof Mariani: Now we are working to get back to the best!, he writes on Instagram, posting a photo of him smiling and with the brace in the Villa Stuart gym: Come on Lore, Vlahovic’s commentnow a friend of the family.

For Federico, he is the strongest in the Chiesa family

Unlike Federico, whose recovery has suffered from unexpected events, Lorenzo’s progress does not encounter problems. In October, he signed his contract with Nikeon March 13th Aquilani — coach of Fiorentina Primavera — summons him for the match against Verona, repeating the choice also for Saturday’s match against Frosinone. He remains on the bench, but the return to the field is practically a done deal: L
in fact, Fiorentina U18 starts its Viareggio Tournament today and has decided to bring along Lorenzo, a left-footed forward who can play winger or midfielder: stronger than me, the best in the family, his brother Federico praises him one evening by answering questions during a live Instagram. The two get along very well, they only discuss which was the best goal scored by their father: for the greatest the lob against Atletico Madrid in the semi-final first leg of the UEFA Cup, for the smallest the one in the final against Marseille (both in Parma jersey, 98/99 season).

Federico’s goal and the famous hug

Lorenzo today has almost 140,000 followers on Instagram. In 2018 he found himself in spite of himself on websites and newspapers because Federico, leader in Pioli’s Fiorentina,he scores the 3-0 goal against Spal and decides to celebrate it by running towards the bench.

On the sideline there is the little brother, who is a ball boy and who is 14 years old.
He embraces him, a scene that makes Franchi applaud and that excites both (even if Lorenzo then immediately composes himself, like a toy soldier), including the parents present in the gallery. Mother Frances he does not hold back: it was a surprise for us too – he will tell – we asked ourselves: “But who goes looking?”. Then we discovered that there, next to the bench, was our puppy.

The insults after his brother’s move to Juventus

In Florence they affectionately call him Chiesino. In October 2020, however, a few days after Federico signed with Juventus, the fans vent their anger and frustration on the 16-year-old Lorenzo, filled with insults on social media: mercenaries, turncoat, Family of traitors, get out of Florence, the lightest comments. D a Federico who is a son of a p…, you all have to leave here, you are the m… of Florence, You and your family must die, the heaviest ones. Unfortunately, he has already known the ugliness of football, but now he wants to go back to savoring the beauty, that is, the pitch. Could do it today, with Fiorentina making their debut at the Viareggio Tournament against the Euro Academy in New York. Federico, from Turin, has an eye out for us.