Mathias Abdou

Striker - Audace Cerignola
8 Nov 2026
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Marked for Mathias Abdou

10 Edition

The Audace Cerignola Gazette

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad5 Oct 2026

A fracture rules Alessandro Silvestro out for 18 days

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

Squad5 Oct 2026

A falling-out at Audace Cerignola

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

Match3 Oct 2026

Diego Gambale sends Audace Cerignola past Sorrento

It finished 1‑0, and it was Diego Gambale’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Audace Cerignola.

Boardroom5 Oct 2026

Wages swallow 114% of the Audace Cerignola income

Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.

The dugout5 Oct 2026

No hiding place for Mathias Abdou

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

Player ratings5 Oct 2026

Nobody on the pitch touched Diego Gambale

7.86, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Audace Cerignola had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.

Squad5 Oct 2026

12 new faces, and Audace Cerignola are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

The dugout5 Oct 2026

Domenico Chiari has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Domenico Chiari on a 1‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Audace Cerignola take the armband off Giovanni Volpe

It will be explained as a change for the team and it may even be one. Nobody who has worn one believes that, and neither does the man who has just had it taken away.

In brief

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8 Edition

The Audace Cerignola Gazette

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad21 Sep 2026

33 days out for Alessandro Silvestro after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Audace Cerignola will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Player ratings21 Sep 2026

Nobody could get near Giovanni Volpe

Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Audace Cerignola

Kevin Miranda 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.

Match19 Sep 2026

Potenza take the points off Audace Cerignola

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

Domenico Chiari: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

Gaetano Vitale 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.

Looking ahead21 Sep 2026

A reunion for Alessandro Ligi

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Bari in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

No place in the plan for Alessandro Ligi

The manager wanted a different profile for this opponent, which is a real football reason and no consolation. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

Squad21 Sep 2026

A season on the outside for Mathias Abdou

He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Audace Cerignola has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.

In brief

7 Edition

The Audace Cerignola Gazette

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad14 Sep 2026

41 days out for Alessandro Silvestro after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Audace Cerignola will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market14 Sep 2026

Lorenzo Paolucci puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Audace Cerignola, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets14 Sep 2026

Medical ends the Mattia Concetti deal

Everything was agreed with Arezzo and then the doctor spoke. Audace Cerignola have walked away from a signing on the advice of somebody who never saw him play, which is how it is supposed to work.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Antonio Boccadamo was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 22. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Transfer targets14 Sep 2026

Newcastle United tell Audace Cerignola: Sean Steur is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

Alessandro Russo 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.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Kevin Miranda 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.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Francesco Sena stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Francesco Sena and Audace Cerignola agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad14 Sep 2026

No place for Mathias Abdou in the new shape

He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Audace Cerignola are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.

In brief

6 Edition

The Audace Cerignola Gazette

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad7 Sep 2026

Alessandro Silvestro breaks a bone — 48 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 48 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market7 Sep 2026

Luca Russo hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Audace Cerignola can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom7 Sep 2026

Deadline passes with 13 signed and 4 gone

That is the business done at Audace Cerignola until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Antoine Livemont signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Antoine Livemont and Audace Cerignola agree another 3 years.

Transfer targets7 Sep 2026

Audace Cerignola rebuffed over Jakob Tånnander

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Farense have kept their man, and Audace Cerignola go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Words at Audace Cerignola training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kevin Miranda 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.

Squad7 Sep 2026

No place for Antoine Livemont in the new shape

He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Audace Cerignola are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.

Market7 Sep 2026

Audace Cerignola buy the years ahead of Antoine Livemont

He is 20, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.

Market7 Sep 2026

A long bet from Audace Cerignola on Mathias Abdou

He is 17, and nobody at Audace Cerignola signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

In brief

  • The dugout Marco Meli knocks on the manager’s door
  • Looking ahead Looking ahead: Casarano at home