The Potenza Chronicle
Squad24 Aug 2026
Luca Petrungaro 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 Potenza this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Potenza
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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Yuri Rocchetti 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Filippo Messina steps up from the Potenza academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Filippo Messina 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
Potenza promote Claudio Gatti from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Claudio Gatti 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
Sergio Negri steps up from the Potenza academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sergio Negri 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.
In brief
- Market Potenza promote Marco Cecconi from within
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Potenza
- Squad Claud Adjapong is training like a man with a point to make