Elio Trochen

Goalkeeper - Bellinzona U20
2 Aug 2027
Monday
Process

Marked for Elio Trochen

14 Edition

The Bellinzona Sentinel

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Bellinzona through in the cup

A 1‑0 win over Servette, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Bellinzona

The unbeaten run reaches 11. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Malek Ishuayed at 19 — 7.68

The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Malek Ishuayed did not need any: 7.68, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad

Keyan Varela in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bellinzona this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Itaitinga 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.

The terraces

Bellinzona supporters have found a favourite in Malek Ishuayed

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 19-year-old it feels ownership of. Malek Ishuayed 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.

Looking ahead

Bellinzona and Vaduz meet at the summit

The fixture the rest of the division is looking forward to more than either of the sides in it. Both know a win changes the season and a defeat does not end it, which is what makes it hard to play.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Alberto Trapero

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Boardroom

$2.3M on the table at Bellinzona

The board have answered with money instead of encouragement, which is the only answer a manager ever wants. Spending it well is now entirely his problem.

In brief

Back issues
10 Edition

The Bellinzona Sentinel

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Felix Tsimba is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Match

Whatever happens, Bellinzona do not lose

7 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 Bellinzona

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

Loan watch

Elio Trochen has seen enough of Stade Nyonnais

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Bellinzona, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.

The terraces

Bellinzona supporters have found a favourite in Andrés López

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Andrés López 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.

The dugout

Hugo Constant 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.

Squad

Bellinzona count the cost of losing Xherdan Freuler

35 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Player ratings

Itaitinga beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 18. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad

Lucien Littbarski 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.

In brief