The Novara Gazette
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Nicolò Ledonne beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 29. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Novara
Elia Boseggia 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Eyob Zambataro falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match24 Oct 2026
Lumezzane take the points off Novara
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Leandro Giordano answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Novara are still strangers to each other
5 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Omar Khailoti 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.
Looking ahead26 Oct 2026
A reunion for Andrea Moretti
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Union Brescia in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Edoardo Greco makes his debut at 16
At 16 years old, Edoardo Greco became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
In brief
- The dugout Roberto Ranieri knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout Roberto Ranieri left out for tactical reasons at Novara
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: Union Brescia at home