Giovanni Malafronte

Central Midfielder - Retired
20 Nov 2033
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286 Edition

The Cesena Chronicle

19 Jan 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad19 Jan 2032

Defences have started doubling up on Borna Knezović

19 goals and a season average of 7.58 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Market19 Jan 2032

Giovanni Malafronte 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 The request is on a desk at Cesena, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad19 Jan 2032

A falling-out at Cesena

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

Squad19 Jan 2032

A row about effort at Cesena

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

Match17 Jan 2032

Tommaso Berti sends Cesena past Sampdoria

It finished 2‑1, and it was Tommaso Berti’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Cesena.

Player ratings19 Jan 2032

Ninety minutes of Borna Knezović at his very best

Marked 8.16. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Cesena.

Player ratings19 Jan 2032

One of those days for Tommaso Berti

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.11, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match17 Jan 2032

No time for Sampdoria to settle

The goal that put Sampdoria ahead was still being replayed on the concourse when Cesena equalised, 1 minutes later. Leads are only worth what you do with them.

The dugout19 Jan 2032

The manager makes an example of Riccardo Pagano

“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

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282 Edition

The Cesena Chronicle

22 Dec 2031
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad22 Dec 2031

Defences have started doubling up on Borna Knezović

15 goals and a season average of 7.48 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Market22 Dec 2031

Giovanni Malafronte 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 Cesena, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad22 Dec 2031

A falling-out at Cesena

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

Squad22 Dec 2031

Words at Cesena training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Borna Knezović 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.

The dugout22 Dec 2031

Matteo Guidi 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.

Match20 Dec 2031

Cesena get the job done against Carrarese

A 1‑0 win over Carrarese, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings22 Dec 2031

One of those days for Borna Knezović

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.37, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

The dugout22 Dec 2031

The view from the dugout

“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Interim Coach, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.

Player ratings22 Dec 2031

Tommaso Berti was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 13. 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.

In brief