The Catanzaro Courier
Squad1 Mar 2027
16 days out for Salvatore Burrai after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Catanzaro will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Player ratings1 Mar 2027
A brace, and Simone Pafundi takes the afternoon — 8.50
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Simone Pafundi provided it, and the 8.50 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Match27 Feb 2027
Catanzaro end the wait against Empoli
It had gone 10 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Matias Antonini wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Catanzaro know it.
Match27 Feb 2027
Catanzaro get the job done against Empoli
A 2‑1 win over Empoli, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
The terraces1 Mar 2027
Catanzaro supporters have found a favourite in Simone Pafundi
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Simone Pafundi has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market1 Mar 2027
Catanzaro promote Mauro Vignali from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mauro Vignali has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market1 Mar 2027
One of our own: Michele Monteleone joins the Catanzaro first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Michele Monteleone is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market1 Mar 2027
Catanzaro promote Salvatore Fabbri from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Salvatore Fabbri has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Matteo Bruni steps up from the Catanzaro academy
- The dugout Nicola Mosti gets it from the manager
- Squad Fellipe Jack in a row with a teammate