Eman Košpo

Central Defender - Fiorentina U20
31 Jan 2028
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Marked for Eman Košpo

22 Edition

The Mantova Herald

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad28 Dec 2026

Francesco Bardi keeps Mantova in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

The dugout28 Dec 2026

Côme Bianay says Mantova went back on their word

“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.

Squad28 Dec 2026

Eman Košpo is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Match26 Dec 2026

Vanja Vlahović sends Mantova past Arezzo

It finished 3‑1, and it was Vanja Vlahović’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Mantova.

Squad28 Dec 2026

Words exchanged at Mantova

Tiago Gonçalves 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.

The terraces28 Dec 2026

Mantova supporters have found a favourite in Vanja Vlahović

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Vanja Vlahović has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Player ratings28 Dec 2026

A masterclass from Fahem Benaïssa

Marked 8.10 — 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 ratings28 Dec 2026

Ninety minutes of Rachid Kouda at his very best

Marked 8.01. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Mantova.

Boardroom28 Dec 2026

109% of the income goes out in wages at Mantova

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

In brief

Back issues
12 Edition

The Mantova Herald

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match17 Oct 2026

Mantova leave it late against Vicenza

Ninety minutes of very little, and then everything at once. The winner arrived in the 89th, and Vicenza spent what remained of the match appealing to the referee rather than chasing the ball.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Fahem Benaïssa was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 23. 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.

Squad19 Oct 2026

The step up is real for Eman Košpo

At 19 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Match17 Oct 2026

Rareş Ilie sends Mantova past Vicenza

It finished 2‑1, and it was Rareş Ilie’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Mantova.

The terraces19 Oct 2026

Mantova supporters have found a favourite in Rareş Ilie

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Rareş Ilie has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

A masterclass from Rareş Ilie

Marked 8.16 — 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 ratings19 Oct 2026

A masterclass from Simone Trimboli

Marked 8.15 — 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.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

No hiding place for Stefano Cella

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Stefano Cella, and the manager let it.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Words at Mantova training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. David Wieser 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.

In brief

8 Edition

The Mantova Herald

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings21 Sep 2026

Nobody could get near Nicolò Radaelli

Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Eman Košpo is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Match19 Sep 2026

A bad afternoon for Mantova against Ascoli

1‑3 to Ascoli, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Tiago Gonçalves 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 Mantova this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

The manager makes an example of Ettore Gliozzi

“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 dugout21 Sep 2026

Gennaro Guerra faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Gennaro Guerra after 1‑3, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

Davide Bragantini dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Vanja Vlahović is off the mark for Mantova

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

Davide Bragantini 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 Mantova, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief