Marked for Luis Hasa
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad14 Dec 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market14 Dec 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad14 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Carrarese this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Luis Hasa runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Fabio Abiuso
“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.
Match12 Dec 2026
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market14 Dec 2026
He is 20, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
4.37 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Somebody is after Fabio Abiuso’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Fabio Abiuso suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Carrarese have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Back issues
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Uneasy
Market30 Nov 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Carrarese can pretend not to have heard.
Squad30 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Carrarese this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
Wages eat 371% of everything Carrarese earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.48, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad30 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Filippo Oliana
“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 ratings30 Nov 2026
Nobody could get near Luis Hasa
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match28 Nov 2026
A 1‑1 draw with Pescara leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Fabio Abiuso 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 terraces30 Nov 2026
Everybody has an opinion about Marco Bleve
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
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Crisis
Match23 Nov 2026
Carrarese sink to position 20
11 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market23 Nov 2026
Fabio Abiuso hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Carrarese can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Marco Imperiale 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.
Match21 Nov 2026
Sampdoria left with the points after a 2‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad23 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Marco Bleve
“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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Fabio Abiuso knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Carrarese, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
5.58 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Off the bench and decisive: Luis Hasa
The substitution nobody applauded turned out to be the whole story. Carrarese were going nowhere until he came on.
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Crisis
Squad16 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Carrarese this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match14 Nov 2026
Venezia left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Marked 8.89 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad16 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Fabio Abiuso, and the manager let it.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Marked 8.27 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Shots: 8. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
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Uneasy
Match17 Oct 2026
4 matches without a win for Carrarese
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Carrarese are no longer polite ones.
Squad19 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Carrarese this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
A performance of 8.30 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad19 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Filippo Oliana
“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.
Match17 Oct 2026
It needed Fabio Abiuso to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Catanzaro, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Luis Hasa runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Carrarese, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
A mark of 5.76 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Nicolás Schiavi has seen what the next man earns
Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Carrarese that is a harder question to answer.
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Uneasy
Match23 Sep 2026
Carrarese march on in the cup
Vis Pesaro are out and Carrarese go through, 1‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Market28 Sep 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Carrarese, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Defensive actions: 24, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Marco Imperiale 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.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match26 Sep 2026
Padova left with the points after a 2‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
A performance of 8.56 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
One of those days for Luis Hasa
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.47, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Devid Bouah, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match12 Sep 2026
Beaten 0‑4 by Spezia, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Market14 Sep 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Marco Imperiale 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.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Luis Hasa runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“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.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Ten men and a goalkeeper behind him, and it still finished in the net. He knew before anybody told him, and nobody at Carrarese needed to.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Shots: 12. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Whether it was the goalkeeper or the ten in front of him is the argument that will fill every conversation in town this week. 4 saves does not settle it either way.