The Padova Post
The dugout31 May 2027
Paolo Ghiglione says Padova went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad31 May 2027
Tempers go at Padova
Marco Pompetti 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.
Squad31 May 2027
Gianluca Caprari 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.
The dugout31 May 2027
Pietro Fusi 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.
Squad31 May 2027
“I want to play”: Davide Carraro speaks
“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.
Market31 May 2027
The Mattia Bortolussi talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Padova know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Kevin Varas plays
- The dugout Gabriele Artistico knocks on the manager's door
- Squad Mattia Bortolussi is training like a man with a point to make
- Loan watch Decision time nears on Enrico Silletti