The Avellino Courier
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Avellino
Armando Izzo was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The terraces21 Sep 2026
The crowd has taken to Sean Steur
At 18 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match19 Sep 2026
Avellino get the job done against Frosinone
A 1‑0 win over Frosinone, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Nicola Sansone falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
One of those days for Walid Cheddira
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.03, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Valentín Viola
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Valentín Viola, and the manager let it.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Too much change too quickly at Avellino
12 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
Market21 Sep 2026
No place for Maximiliano Ferreira in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Maximiliano Ferreira has his answer from Avellino; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Ruggero Gentile: “That is the standard”
“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 1‑0, already talking about the next one.
In brief
- Squad Sean Steur is the weekend's best young player
- Looking ahead Gennaro Tutino faces his old club
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Salvatore Burrai