The Torres Sentinel
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Riccardo Idda: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Torres have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Age has not caught Adama Diakité yet — 7.90
At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.90 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Match31 Oct 2026
6 unbeaten for Torres
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Torres did not have in the autumn.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Giacomo Zecca beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 20. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Match31 Oct 2026
Torres find a way past Sambenedettese
Sambenedettese made Torres work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
115% of the income goes out in wages at Torres
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Alberto Lunghi 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.
Market2 Nov 2026
Torres sign Miguel Rey, one for the future
Miguel Rey is 15, and Torres have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Adama Diakité makes the team of the month
Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Squad The formation has left Miguel Rey behind
- Squad Alberto Lunghi: “I am not a substitute”