Cittadella left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Virtus Verona training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Manuel Daffara is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 93th minute. Ospitaletto will replay every second of the added time for a week.
The hardest thing about being 18 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Oskar Pietuszewski did not need any: 7.81, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.52 for the rest of it.
Nicola Patanè 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.
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Christian Gatti 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.
Marked 8.31. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Virtus Verona.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Virtus Verona training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Hachim Mastour is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Nicola Patanè 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Virtus Verona training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Matteo Bassi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Virtus Verona will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
Gabri Veiga 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.
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Pepê is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.