The Triestina Post
Squad17 Jun 2030
The knee: Kristjan Matošević out for 29 days
29 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Triestina lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad17 Jun 2030
Kristjan Matošević 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 Triestina this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Jun 2030
Words at Triestina training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lorenzo Di Livio 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.
Transfer targets17 Jun 2030
Virtus Entella tell Triestina: Patricio Flores is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market17 Jun 2030
Alessandro Faggioli is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Triestina has been clear about where Alessandro Faggioli stands, which is more than many ever get.
Boardroom17 Jun 2030
Wages swallow 106% of the Triestina income
Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.
Squad17 Jun 2030
Viktor Botka stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Viktor Botka and Triestina agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout17 Jun 2030
Noa Kljajić has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Triestina will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout17 Jun 2030
Alessandro Faggioli 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 Triestina, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Market Kristjan Matošević linked with a move away
- Market Alfonso Santoro leaves for nothing
- Market Giovanni Benedetti leaves for nothing