Simone Suppa

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Sunday
Process

Marked for Simone Suppa

60 Edition

The Renate Post

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

The dugout

Roberto Gagliardini: 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.” Renate have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

Whatever happens, Renate do not lose

8 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Squad

A falling-out at Renate

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

Squad

A row about effort at Renate

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

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Simone Suppa

At 19 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.

The dugout

No hiding place for Andrea Bonetti

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

Match

Renate see off Carpi

Three points for Renate, 1‑0 the final word against Carpi in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

Gennaro Acampora has outgrown this division

There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Renate know it, and so does everybody who watches him.

Player ratings

Nobody on the pitch touched Óttar Magnús Karlsson

7.70, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Renate had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.

In brief

Back issues
44 Edition

The Renate Post

31 May 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Tempers go at Renate

Martín Suárez 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.

Squad

Simone Suppa stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Simone Suppa and Renate agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout

Jonathan Spedalieri 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.

Squad

A row about effort at Renate

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

The dugout

No hiding place for Michele Avella

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

The dugout

Nicola Anelli gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Nicola Anelli is on it.

In brief

40 Edition

The Renate Post

3 May 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Tommaso Nobile honoured for the season

The kind of year that ends with a name being read out in a hall. Renate had the benefit of it every week and now have the problem of everybody else knowing.

Squad

A row about effort at Renate

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

Squad

Tempers go at Renate

Gianluca Esposito 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.

Squad

Martín Suárez named player of the month

The award goes to Martín Suárez, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.

The dugout

A promise honoured at Renate

Something was said to Andrea Bonetti and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.

The dugout

Simone Suppa 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.

In brief