The Pianese Gazette
Squad12 Oct 2026
Real improvement from Nicola Pintus at Pianese
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Nicola Pintus is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Matteo Colombo signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Matteo Colombo commits to Pianese for another 4 years.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Matteo Gorelli 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Pianese are still strangers to each other
7 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Pianese
Alessandro Reali and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Luca Ercolani knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Luca Ercolani trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: the trip to Torres
- The dugout Manuel Tirelli keeps his manager's vote