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
Graduation day at Potenza
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
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
One of our own: Diego Ricci joins the Potenza first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Diego Ricci is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market24 Aug 2026
Davide Rizzi steps up from the Potenza academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Davide Rizzi 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 Giorgio Bertolini from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Giorgio Bertolini 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.
In brief
- Market Mariano Grasso steps up from the Potenza academy
- Squad Marco Martoccia out for 40 days
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Potenza
- Squad Raul Alessandro Bura keeps his manager's vote