The Padova Post
Squad9 Nov 2026
Alessandro Sorrentino is the hero from the spot
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Alessandro Sorrentino: 2 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Carlo Faedo was immovable
24 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Mattia Fortin 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 Padova this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Nobody could get near Nemanja Milojević
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Gianluca Caprari 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 ratings9 Nov 2026
The kick that got away from Jonas Harder
Twelve yards, a goalkeeper guessing, and it still did not go in. He will take the next one, and every soul in the ground will hold their breath.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Alejandro Gómez 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 Padova, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Match Point won or two lost for Padova?
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- Player ratings The pass was always on for Kevin Lasagna