The Pontedera Courier
Squad10 Apr 2028
Leonardo Santini breaks a bone — 69 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 69 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
The dugout10 Apr 2028
Brando Mazzeo keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Pontedera may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market10 Apr 2028
Bautista Carrera asks to leave Pontedera
“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.
Match8 Apr 2028
The drought breaks for Pontedera
7 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and Campobasso were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.
The terraces10 Apr 2028
The crowd has taken to Gabriele Ricci
At 19 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market10 Apr 2028
One of our own: Bruno Altieri joins the Pontedera first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bruno Altieri is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Apr 2028
Pontedera promote Gennaro Sorrentino from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gennaro Sorrentino 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 Apr 2028
Franco Colletti steps up from the Pontedera academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Franco Colletti 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.
Match8 Apr 2028
Pontedera find a way past Campobasso
Campobasso made Pontedera work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
In brief
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Pablo Vitali at his very best
- The dugout No hiding place for Lorenzo Mazza
- Player ratings Luca Piana shuts the door