The Pontedera Courier
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Nobody could get near Pablo Vitali
Successful dribbles: 39. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match28 Nov 2026
11 matches without a win for Pontedera
The run now stands at 11, and the questions being asked around Pontedera are no longer polite ones.
Market30 Nov 2026
Octávio Silva 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 Pontedera can pretend not to have heard.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Pontedera
Umberto Saracco 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.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
300% of the income goes out in wages at Pontedera
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad30 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Sanasi Sy
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Sanasi Sy, and the manager let it.
Match28 Nov 2026
A bad afternoon for Pontedera against Carpi
0‑1 to Carpi, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Home is on Octávio Silva's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Pontedera are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Off the pace: Elvis Kabashi
A mark of 5.20 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.
In brief
- Player ratings Herculano Nabian leaves them behind him
- Player ratings A day to forget for Thiago Lugano
- Squad Filippo Faggi has settled at Pontedera