The Venezia Chronicle
Match27 Mar 2028
Venezia refuse to drop out of the race
Position 2, 51 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.
Market27 Mar 2028
Junior Ligue asks to leave Venezia
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market27 Mar 2028
One of our own: Luigi Paganelli joins the Venezia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Luigi Paganelli is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market27 Mar 2028
One of our own: Tiziano Longo joins the Venezia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tiziano Longo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market27 Mar 2028
Claudio De Simone steps up from the Venezia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Claudio De Simone 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.
Squad27 Mar 2028
A falling-out at Venezia
Ahmed Sidibé and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad27 Mar 2028
A smaller club would suit Lorenzo Montipò now
He has had enough of the noise. Whether Venezia can be a quieter place for him, or whether the only cure is a move somewhere the phone-ins are gentler, is a question for the next few months.
The dugout27 Mar 2028
Saad El Haddad 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.
The dugout27 Mar 2028
Gaetano Oristanio asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Looking ahead Ferdinando Del Sole faces his old club
- The dugout Alessandro Plizzari has become a man the manager trusts
- Loan watch De Graafschap cannot leave Emil Bohinen out