The Sambenedettese Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Sambenedettese
Pepín Machín 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Sambenedettese rebuffed over Lorenzo Befani
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Frosinone have kept their man, and Sambenedettese go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sambenedettese promote Fabio Grasso from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Fabio Grasso 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Fabrizio Lombardo joins the Sambenedettese first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Fabrizio Lombardo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sambenedettese promote Armando Parise from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Armando Parise 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Massimo Cecconi joins the Sambenedettese first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Massimo Cecconi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Francesco Scafetta 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gustavo Rigazzi is a square peg at Sambenedettese
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
A loan move for Matei Popa is in the works
Sambenedettese have made the call to FCSB. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
In brief
- Squad Diogo Medeiros signs a new deal
- The dugout Vincenzo Alfieri knocks on the manager's door