The Cosenza Herald
Boardroom7 Aug 2028
Cosenza part company with Gregorio Andreoli
The statement thanked him for his efforts and wished him well, in that order and in about that many words. The search begins immediately.
Squad7 Aug 2028
The knee: Matteo Darmian out for 48 days
48 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Cosenza lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Boardroom7 Aug 2028
An empty coaching office at Cosenza
There is nobody left to promote and nobody left to run a session. The board have brought in a name the supporters do not know, and the question of how a club gets here will outlast whoever answers it.
Market7 Aug 2028
Cosenza say no — this time
The offer from Al-Hilal for Mattia Zaramella was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Boardroom7 Aug 2028
Interim Coach takes charge at Cosenza
“Somebody has to pick the team on Saturday, and this week that is me.” An interim appointment with no promises attached, which is how most of them start.
Market7 Aug 2028
Felipe Esquivel 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 Cosenza can pretend not to have heard.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Matias Ramirez arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Matias Ramirez has, at Cosenza, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Matteo Darmian 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.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Steve Solvet signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Steve Solvet and Cosenza agree another 2 years.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Baldovino Cimino
- Boardroom Cosenza pay $104.6K to end Gregorio Andreoli's contract
- The dugout Matteo Darmian is playing like a man with something to prove