The Perugia Chronicle
Squad5 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Perugia
Giuseppe Carriero and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Vincenzo Napolano is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 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.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Wages eat 140% of everything Perugia earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Match3 Oct 2026
Giacomo Manzari the difference as Perugia beat Latina
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Giacomo Manzari. 1‑0 against Latina, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
Elvis Kabashi 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Iván Esculino wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Perugia can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The month belongs to Alessio Nepi
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Perugia have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Nobody on the pitch touched Giacomo Manzari
7.84, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Perugia had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
A satisfied Daniele Bartoli
“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 1‑0, Daniele Bartoli could afford to be generous.
In brief
- The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting Luca Moro's mistake
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Elvis Kabashi
- Player ratings Christian Langella unlocks it