The Cosenza Herald
Squad16 Nov 2026
Santiago Úbeda 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 Cosenza this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Aldo Florenzi 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 Cosenza, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Giuliano Barbagallo
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Giuliano Barbagallo, and the manager let it.
Looking ahead16 Nov 2026
A reunion for Michele Emmausso
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Potenza in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Enrico Giannini has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Cosenza will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Squad16 Nov 2026
“I want to play”: Giuliano Barbagallo 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
- The dugout Antonio D'Alena has been promised minutes
- Squad The penny has dropped for Mario Perlingieri
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: the trip to Potenza
- Squad Antonio Rocco is fit again