The Casarano Courier
Match1 Dec 2029
No end in sight to Casarano's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Casarano has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad3 Dec 2029
Mario Mercadante stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Mario Mercadante and Casarano agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Dec 2029
Words at Casarano training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vito Leonetti 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.
Squad3 Dec 2029
Home is on Aziz Okaka's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Casarano are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad3 Dec 2029
Words exchanged at Casarano
Daniil Eremenko 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.
The dugout3 Dec 2029
Mateus Farias: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
The dugout3 Dec 2029
The manager makes an example of Federico D'Angelo
“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.
The dugout3 Dec 2029
Manuel Gatti knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Manuel Gatti trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout3 Dec 2029
A promise honoured for Jerry Orozco
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Casarano told Jerry Orozco something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
In brief
- Player ratings Flavio Di Dio was unplayable
- Match Casarano and Casertana cancel each other out
- Market Federico Giraudo linked with a move away