The Empoli Post
Squad9 Nov 2026
Samuele Perisan wins the shoot-out
2 kept out from twelve yards, and a stadium that will describe each of them for twenty years. A goalkeeper needs one night like this in a career, and this was it.
Match4 Nov 2026
Empoli through in the cup
A 1‑1 win over Audace Cerignola, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Empoli
Andrea Ghion 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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Words at Empoli training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lorenzo Ignacchiti 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.
Match4 Nov 2026
Empoli refuse to lose to Audace Cerignola
A point taken on 118 minutes is worth exactly one point and considerably more than that to a dressing room. This side does not stop, which is a reputation worth more than the result.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Empoli lose Matteo Egan
23 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
An own goal to forget for Pietro Pellegri
The one goal a footballer does not get to celebrate and does not get to forget either. His name is in the wrong column and nothing about it was meant.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Lorenzo Ignacchiti knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Empoli, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Half-satisfied: Paolo Piras on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
In brief
- Player ratings Niccolò Corrado was immovable
- Match Empoli and Pisa cancel each other out
- The dugout Bogdan Popov has become a man the manager trusts