Matteo Piazza

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Marked for Matteo Piazza

165 Edition

The Cittadella Chronicle

24 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad24 Sep 2029

Marco Zorzetto damages knee ligaments — 56 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 56 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Match19 Sep 2029

Cup progress for Cittadella

A 1‑0 win over Pergolettese, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

The dugout24 Sep 2029

Simone Batistini: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Cittadella have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Player ratings24 Sep 2029

Francesco D'Alessio beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 25. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout24 Sep 2029

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Match22 Sep 2029

Nobody wants to play Cittadella right now

3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Squad24 Sep 2029

A falling-out at Cittadella

Grégoire Defrel and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad24 Sep 2029

A row about effort at Cittadella

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alex Redolfi was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The terraces24 Sep 2029

The crowd has taken to Matteo Piazza

At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

In brief

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163 Edition

The Cittadella Chronicle

10 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad10 Sep 2029

Marco Zorzetto damages knee ligaments — 71 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 71 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad10 Sep 2029

Matteo Piazza gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Matteo Piazza has just signed for Cittadella, and for once the answer mattered.

Squad10 Sep 2029

Tempers go at Cittadella

Grégoire Defrel 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.

Squad10 Sep 2029

Alex Redolfi 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.

Boardroom10 Sep 2029

Cittadella agree a free transfer for Mattia Breshak

Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.

Player ratings10 Sep 2029

Francesco D'Alessio beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 20. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Transfer targets10 Sep 2029

Cosenza tell Cittadella: Henry Camara is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The dugout10 Sep 2029

No hiding place for Cristian Andreoni

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Cristian Andreoni, and the manager let it.

Match8 Sep 2029

A bad afternoon for Cittadella against Virtus Verona

0‑1 to Virtus Verona, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

In brief

152 Edition

The Sampdoria Sentinel

25 Jun 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad25 Jun 2029

Yari Verschaeren breaks a bone — 18 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 18 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad25 Jun 2029

A knee injury of the worst kind for William Bringe

62 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Sampdoria lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market25 Jun 2029

Fabio Depaoli turns Novara down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Market25 Jun 2029

Francesco Marone 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 Sampdoria can pretend not to have heard.

Transfer targets25 Jun 2029

The paperwork begins on Lorenzo Sorrentino

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Sampdoria have done the hard part with Cittadella, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Boardroom25 Jun 2029

Matteo Piazza signs for Pisa while still at Sampdoria

The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Matteo Piazza has agreed terms with Pisa for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.

Squad25 Jun 2029

Words exchanged at Sampdoria

Gennaro Tutino and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad25 Jun 2029

A row about effort at Sampdoria

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Salvatore Esposito was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets25 Jun 2029

Atalanta tell Sampdoria: Rahul Sharma is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

In brief

112 Edition

The Sampdoria Sentinel

18 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad18 Sep 2028

Salvatore Esposito 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.

Squad18 Sep 2028

A falling-out at Sampdoria

Gennaro Tutino and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The terraces18 Sep 2028

The crowd has taken to Francesco Conti

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match16 Sep 2028

Sampdoria get the job done against Carrarese

A 1‑0 win over Carrarese, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings18 Sep 2028

Tjaš Begić was the difference for Sampdoria

Marked 7.35. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

The dugout18 Sep 2028

Stefan Gartenmann 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.

The dugout18 Sep 2028

Gianmarco Fontana: “That is the standard”

“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 1‑0, already talking about the next one.

The dugout18 Sep 2028

Somebody else is better right now than Lorenzo Venuti

The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.

The dugout18 Sep 2028

Zakaria Bengueddoudj asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief