The Venezia Chronicle
Market12 Mar 2029
Ņikita Solomonovs 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 The request is on a desk at Venezia, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad12 Mar 2029
Gaetano Oristanio 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 Venezia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings12 Mar 2029
Gaetano Oristanio was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 17. 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.
Squad12 Mar 2029
Denis Munteanu signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Denis Munteanu commits to Venezia for another 3 years.
Squad12 Mar 2029
Words at Venezia training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Saad El Haddad 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 dugout12 Mar 2029
A promise honoured for Emil Bohinen
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Venezia told Emil Bohinen something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
The dugout12 Mar 2029
The manager makes an example of Saad El Haddad
“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.
Match10 Mar 2029
John Yeboah rescues a point for Venezia
It needed John Yeboah to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Cagliari, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
The dugout12 Mar 2029
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Martino Martinelli was not hiding it after 1‑1, and nobody in the Venezia dressing room was either.
In brief
- The dugout Gaspar Padilla dropped after a run of poor form
- Market The Toma Bašić story refuses to die
- Squad A wage question at Venezia