The Cesena Chronicle
Match7 Dec 2026
Cesena up to position 3
21 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
Alessandro Siano: 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.” Cesena have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Words at Cesena training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Andrea Ciofi 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 dugout7 Dec 2026
No hiding place for Jonathan Klinsmann
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jonathan Klinsmann, and the manager let it.
The terraces7 Dec 2026
The crowd has taken to Cristian Shpendi
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.
Match5 Dec 2026
Cesena find a way past Arezzo
Arezzo made Cesena work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Nicolas Isimat-Mirin stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Nicolas Isimat-Mirin and Cesena agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Cesena lose Edoardo Cimatti
15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
Gaetano Castrovilli stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.97 on the card, and the Cesena support went home talking about one name.
In brief
- Squad A step back for Alessandro Debenedetti at Cesena
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout Dimitri Bisoli is still being punished for one mistake