The Lecco Courier
Squad28 Feb 2028
Words at Lecco training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Arturo Calabresi 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.
Squad28 Feb 2028
A falling-out at Lecco
Davide Voltan and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout28 Feb 2028
Matteo Arena 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.
The dugout28 Feb 2028
Anas Alaoui 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 Lecco, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout28 Feb 2028
Nicola Fasan gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Nicola Fasan is on it.
Market28 Feb 2028
The Anas Alaoui question follows Lecco around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Anas Alaoui’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
In brief
- The dugout A door opens for Sean Parker
- Looking ahead Home comforts ahead for Lecco
- Squad Word from the training ground: Noah Lovisa
- Squad Welcome back, Carlo Spinelli