The Pianese Gazette
Match29 Aug 2026
Pianese taken apart
0‑3 to Ravenna, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Jamal Iddrissou will not be coming to Pianese
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Inter is saying, and nobody at Pianese is enjoying the guessing.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Door shut on Raffaele Huli
Pianese asked and Juventus said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Luca Simeoni
“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.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
Inquest at Pianese
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Nicolò Gentile: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑3, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Pianese
Alessandro Reali 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Claudio Martey 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.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
The plan did not have a place for Alan Martínez
Nobody at Pianese is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.
In brief
- Squad Luca Fabrizi says his piece
- Player ratings Lorenzo Peli was unplayable
- Player ratings Wisdom Amey comes off early