Nicolas Viola

Defensive Midfielder - Ravenna
2 Jan 2027
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Marked for Nicolas Viola

21 Edition

The Ravenna Post

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad21 Dec 2026

A fracture rules Matteo Mandorlini out for 112 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Ravenna will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad21 Dec 2026

Words exchanged at Ravenna

Stefano Okaka and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Player ratings21 Dec 2026

Joshua Tenkorang was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 21. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Match19 Dec 2026

Ian Vera the difference as Ravenna beat Perugia

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Ian Vera. 2‑1 against Perugia, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

Stefano Okaka gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match19 Dec 2026

The run at home goes on for Ravenna

8 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.

Squad21 Dec 2026

Words at Ravenna training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Giulio Donati is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Player ratings21 Dec 2026

Lorenzo Lonardi was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.10. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

Paolo Zenoni has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Paolo Zenoni on a 2‑1 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

In brief

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16 Edition

The Ravenna Post

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad16 Nov 2026

148 days out for Matteo Mandorlini after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Ravenna will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Words exchanged at Ravenna

Giacomo Poluzzi and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Giulio Donati 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.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Alessandro Bianconi

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

Manuel Fischnaller asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

Nicolas Viola gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Nicolas Viola is on it.

In brief

15 Edition

The Ravenna Post

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match4 Nov 2026

The cup run ends for Ravenna

1‑2 against Palermo, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Match7 Nov 2026

7 matches without a win for Ravenna

The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Ravenna are no longer polite ones.

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

Vintage Daniele Casiraghi — 7.83

At 33 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 7.83, and nobody on the pitch better.

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

Up for the corner, and Nicolas Viola delivers — 7.59

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Nicolas Viola scored, was marked 7.59, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Squad9 Nov 2026

A falling-out at Ravenna

Giacomo Poluzzi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad9 Nov 2026

A row about effort at Ravenna

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Giulio Donati was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout9 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Edoardo Duca

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

Cristian Spini was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 16. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Match7 Nov 2026

Ravenna share the spoils with Pineto

A 1‑1 draw with Pineto leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

In brief