Gianluca Rocca

Left Forward - Como U18
14 Dec 2029
Friday
Process

Marked for Gianluca Rocca

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The Como Post

27 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Transfer targets

The paperwork begins on Tommaso Ebone

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Como have done the hard part with Bologna, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad

Noel Törnqvist keeps Como in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market

Fellipe Jack has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Como they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Words exchanged at Como

Trevoh Chalobah and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Boardroom

5 academy players handed senior numbers at Como

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.

Match

Como come up short against Napoli

Napoli left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Market

Gianluca Rocca steps up from the Como academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gianluca Rocca 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.

Market

One of our own: Daniele Zanetti joins the Como first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniele Zanetti is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Como promote Leonardo Martini from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Leonardo Martini 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

  • Player ratings One of those days for Nicolas Kühn
  • Boardroom A promise the Como board did not keep
  • Squad Words at Como training over how hard people work