Luca Gozza

Goalkeeper - Pontedera U20
2 Nov 2028
Thursday
Process

Marked for Luca Gozza

100 Edition

The Pontedera Courier

26 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Anass Achahbar 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 Pontedera this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Pontedera training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Riccardo Ladinetti 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

The manager makes an example of Adrien Tamèze

“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.

In brief

Back issues
50 Edition

The Pontedera Courier

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A fracture rules Francesco Gorrasi out for 80 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Pontedera will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

Umberto Saracco 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 Pontedera this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Jurgen Peci 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.

Boardroom

Pontedera agree a free transfer for Yusuf Ahmed

Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.

Squad

Pablo Vitali 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.

Market

Anass Achahbar is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Pontedera has been clear about where Anass Achahbar stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief