The Pineto Courier
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Gianluca Germinario has a hand in both — 7.99
One scored and one made, which is a different afternoon from scoring twice and an easier one to overlook. Marked 7.99, and involved in 2 of his side's goals.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Pineto
Tommaso D'Orazio 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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Filippo D'Andrea 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.
Match14 Nov 2026
Gianluca Germinario the difference as Pineto beat Pianese
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Gianluca Germinario. 2‑1 against Pianese, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The terraces16 Nov 2026
Pineto supporters have found a favourite in Luca Schirone
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Luca Schirone 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 ratings16 Nov 2026
Nobody could get near Marco Spina
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Ninety minutes of Luca Schirone at his very best
Marked 8.12. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Pineto.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Tommaso Ruggiero has his say
“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Tommaso Ruggiero on a 2‑1 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Davide Giannini 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.
In brief
- The dugout Luca Lombardi knocks on the manager's door
- Squad Player of the week: Filippo D'Andrea
- The dugout Marco Delle Monache has become a man the manager trusts