The Südtirol Post
Match23 Aug 2027
Every point is an argument now for Südtirol
Position 20 and 23 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Alessio Salvatore breaks a bone — 40 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 40 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Real improvement from Raphael Kofler at Südtirol
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Raphael Kofler is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Raphael Odogwu 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 Südtirol this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A late step up for Andrea Giorgini
At 25 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Südtirol
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Lorenzo Bonaventura joins the Südtirol first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Lorenzo Bonaventura is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market23 Aug 2027
Armando Piazza steps up from the Südtirol academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Armando Piazza has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market23 Aug 2027
Arturo Calabrese steps up from the Südtirol academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Arturo Calabrese has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Südtirol promote Marco Riva from within
- Loan watch Gabriele Platto counts the days
- Boardroom Südtirol turn down the training-ground plan