The Alcione Milano Herald
Squad23 Aug 2027
Filippo Bertolotti is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Alcione Milano
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Guillaume Renault has improved at 25, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Words at Alcione Milano training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mattia Muroni 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Alcione Milano promote Daniele Fiorini from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniele Fiorini 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Alcione Milano promote Orazio Bianchi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Orazio Bianchi 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Raffaele Morelli steps up from the Alcione Milano academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Raffaele Morelli 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Alcione Milano promote Vincenzo Castelli from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Vincenzo Castelli 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Armando Miculi 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.
In brief
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Alcione Milano
- Boardroom The Alcione Milano production line keeps running