The Triestina Post
Market10 Sep 2029
Fabio Andrea Ruggeri 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 Triestina can pretend not to have heard.
Squad10 Sep 2029
Olaf Kok 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 Triestina this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Sep 2029
Michael Brammeld comes home
The shirt still fits. Michael Brammeld is back at Triestina, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Match8 Sep 2029
Triestina come up short against Pro Vercelli
Pro Vercelli left with the points after a 2‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad10 Sep 2029
Kristjan Matošević 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.
Player ratings10 Sep 2029
A masterclass from Christian D'Urso
Marked 8.64 — 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 ratings10 Sep 2029
Olaf Kok in the eights
A performance of 8.26 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Market10 Sep 2029
Triestina sign Shota Tsitaishvili, one for the future
Shota Tsitaishvili is 17, and Triestina 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.
Player ratings10 Sep 2029
Nobody could get near Leonardo Pedicillo
Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Squad Christian D'Urso finally opens his account
- Squad Alessandro Faggioli finally opens his account
- Market Olaf Kok linked with a move away