Noah Reiche

Central Midfielder - Perugia
10 Apr 2029
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Noah Reiche

136 Edition

The Perugia Chronicle

5 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout

Andrija Novaković frozen out at Perugia

This is not rotation. Andrija Novaković has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Perugia is pretending otherwise.

Squad

A row about effort at Perugia

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

Squad

Noah Reiche signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Noah Reiche commits to Perugia for another 3 years.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Luca Bacchin

Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

The dugout

No hiding place for Diego Stramaccioni

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

Squad

A step back for Loris Davide Capodieci at Perugia

Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.

The dugout

Ruggero Pellegrino: “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.

Match

No goals between Perugia and Torres

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Torres will be the happier side with the point.

The dugout

Diego Stramaccioni 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 Diego Stramaccioni is on it.

In brief

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The Perugia Chronicle

26 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Luca Bacchin

Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Claudio Giardino is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Perugia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Words at Perugia training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Matteo Angeli 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Perugia

Giuseppe Carriero 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Perugia against Vis Pesaro

0‑2 to Vis Pesaro, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑2 Ruggero Pellegrino left the room before anybody could ask which.

Market

A long bet from Perugia on Noah Reiche

He is 19, and nobody at Perugia signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

The dugout

No hiding place for Ramiro Soperez

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

The dugout

Iván Esculino has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Perugia will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief