The Renate Post
Match3 Nov 2027
Renate through in the cup
A 0‑0 win over Pescara, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Player ratings8 Nov 2027
A brace, and Andrea Delcarro takes the afternoon — 8.41
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Andrea Delcarro provided it, and the 8.41 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Otávio is the hero from the spot
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Otávio: 1 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Player ratings8 Nov 2027
No sign of nerves from Brayan Nzita at 21 — 7.96
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Brayan Nzita did not need any: 7.96, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Match6 Nov 2027
Still nobody has beaten Renate
The unbeaten run reaches 8. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Francesco Vassallo 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.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Tempers go at Renate
Riccardo De Zen 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.
The terraces8 Nov 2027
Renate supporters have found a favourite in Otávio
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Otávio has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match6 Nov 2027
Renate get the job done against Pro Patria
A 2‑0 win over Pro Patria, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
In brief
- Squad Renate lose Davide Moretti
- Player ratings Riccardo De Zen runs at them all day
- Market The Andrea Delcarro talk will not go away