The Lecce Sentinel
Market24 Aug 2026
Oumar Ngom puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Lecce, and it is not being withdrawn.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Lecce
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Antonino Gallo 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.
Match22 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Lecce against Fiorentina
1‑2 to Fiorentina, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market24 Aug 2026
Giorgio Testa steps up from the Lecce academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Giorgio Testa 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Lecce promote Stefano Marini from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stefano Marini 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Simone Pavone steps up from the Lecce academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Simone Pavone 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.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Omri Gandelman runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Lecce
Corrie Ndaba was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
In brief
- Squad Walid Cheddira dropped after a run of poor form
- Boardroom Lecce turn down the training-ground plan
- Squad Santiago Pierotti left out for tactical reasons at Lecce