The Casarano Courier
Match28 Nov 2026
Nowhere to hide for Casarano
1‑4 against Casertana, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Age has not caught Cosimo Patierno yet — 7.90
At 35 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.90 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
Wages eat 125% of everything Casarano 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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Casarano
Vincenzo Ferrara 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.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
Doors closed at Casarano
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 1‑4 Michele Ruggiero left the room before anybody could ask which.
Market30 Nov 2026
Casarano sign Danilo Saavedra, one for the future
Danilo Saavedra is 20, and Casarano have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Gaetano Logoluso
“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.
Looking ahead30 Nov 2026
A test against the best for Casarano
The team at the top of the table next, and the honest measure of where this side actually is. Anybody can beat the club below them; the question is what happens against Benevento.
In brief
- Player ratings Federico Giraudo runs at them all day
- Squad A day to forget for Niccolò Chiorra
- Looking ahead Bright Gyamfi goes back to face Benevento