The Giana Erminio Herald
Match3 Apr 2027
Nowhere to hide for Giana Erminio
0‑4 against Novara, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Boardroom5 Apr 2027
Giana Erminio put Valerio Rizzi on notice
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Andrea Sergio Mazza stands alone
8 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Match3 Apr 2027
6 matches without a win for Giana Erminio
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Giana Erminio are no longer polite ones.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Giana Erminio count the cost of losing Mario Testa
15 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Nicolas Previtali 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 Giana Erminio this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Words at Giana Erminio training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Matteo Marotta 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.
The dugout5 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Andrea Piazza
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom5 Apr 2027
Doors closed at Giana Erminio
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
In brief
- The dugout Valerio Rizzi: “No excuses”
- The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting Luca Ferri's mistake
- Player ratings Luca Ferri could not find anything