The Casertana Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Franco Pinoni arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Franco Pinoni has, at Casertana, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Ernesto Matteazzi turns down Casertana
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Virtus Entella keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Accursio Bentivegna signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Accursio Bentivegna commits to Casertana for another 2 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Casertana
Jacopo Manconi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Casertana rebuffed over Sergio Kalaj
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Spezia have kept their man, and Casertana go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alessandro Caporale 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Roberto Greco steps up from the Casertana academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Roberto Greco 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Daniele Bonetti joins the Casertana first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniele Bonetti 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
One of our own: Sergio Altieri joins the Casertana first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sergio Altieri is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Ciro Baldi steps up from the Casertana academy
- The dugout Giulio Favale gets it from the manager
- Transfer targets Casertana try to borrow Abdoulaye Kanté