Jacopo Bacci

Defensive Midfielder - Sorrento
15 May 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Jacopo Bacci

41 Edition

The Sorrento Courier

10 May 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

The dugout

Pietro Braccioforte: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Sorrento have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Fabrício Kanté

“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 dugout

Stefano Paglino 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.

In brief

Back issues
35 Edition

The Sorrento Courier

29 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

Pressure builds in the Sorrento boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Market

Mario Vilardi is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Sorrento is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

The dugout

Sorrento keep their word to Stefano Paglino

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

The dugout

Nicolò Evangelisti 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.

Looking ahead

Mario Vilardi goes back to face Potenza

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Mario Vilardi’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Sorrento needing him to play as if none of it matters.

The dugout

Luca Crecco 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.

In brief

20 Edition

The Sorrento Courier

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Loan watch

Mattia Esposito has seen enough of Sambenedettese

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Sorrento, and 5 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.

The dugout

Federico Tonin 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.

The dugout

Federico Ricci knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Federico Ricci trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market

Lorenzo Colombini told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Lorenzo Colombini has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Sorrento.

Looking ahead

Mario Vilardi faces his old club

Potenza next, and one man in the Sorrento dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

Squad

“I want to play”: Andrea D'Aniello speaks

“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.

In brief

16 Edition

The Sorrento Courier

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Leonardo Capezzi in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sorrento this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Loan watch

Mattia Esposito wants to come home

“I did not go to Sambenedettese to sit and watch. I want to come back to Sorrento and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.

Market

Simon Harrasser told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Simon Harrasser has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Sorrento.

The dugout

Simon Harrasser 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.

Looking ahead

Angelo Viscardi faces his old club

Casertana next, and one man in the Sorrento dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

The dugout

Fabrício Kanté knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Fabrício Kanté trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout

A door opens for Denis Portanova

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

Squad

Luca Crecco 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 Sorrento that is a harder question to answer.

Market

Jacopo Bacci linked with a move away

The name of Jacopo Bacci keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Sorrento say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief