Marked for Federico Peretti
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match30 Oct 2027
No end in sight to Arzignano's wait for a win
15 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Arzignano has to find a result from somewhere.
The terraces1 Nov 2027
The mood at Arzignano has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Squad1 Nov 2027
15 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Arzignano lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Boardroom1 Nov 2027
The scrutiny sharpens at Arzignano
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Arzignano is running low.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Erald Lakti 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 Arzignano this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match30 Oct 2027
0‑2 to Cittadella, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout1 Nov 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mirco Moretti, and the manager let it.
The dugout1 Nov 2027
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Domenico Mazza after 0‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
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Uneasy
Match23 Oct 2027
The wait goes on for Arzignano
14 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad25 Oct 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Federico Peretti
22 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Arzignano lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad25 Oct 2027
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Words exchanged at Arzignano
Mirco Moretti and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match23 Oct 2027
Arzignano hit back inside 2 minutes
Ospitaletto held the lead for 2 minutes, which is not long enough to enjoy it. Arzignano answered before the celebration had properly finished, and the shape of the afternoon changed with it.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Successful dribbles: 16. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
The dugout25 Oct 2027
Edoardo Pieragnolo is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Words at Arzignano training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nicolò Baldo is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
There was one mistake and it ended in the net. Defenders are judged on the worst thing they did rather than on the eighty-nine minutes either side of it, which is unfair and is also the job.
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Crisis
Match16 Oct 2027
The wait goes on for Arzignano
13 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Match16 Oct 2027
The goals have deserted Arzignano
13 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Arzignano can tell you which week it ends in.
Squad18 Oct 2027
29 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Arzignano lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad18 Oct 2027
There were 10 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Arzignano may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match16 Oct 2027
Arzignano are shipping goals every week
Two or more conceded in each of the last 6 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Words exchanged at Arzignano
Erald Lakti and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match16 Oct 2027
Pro Vercelli left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Steady
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The deal with Estudiantes is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Angers SCO keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nicola Nanni commits to Arzignano for another 3 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Belgrano have kept their man, and Arzignano go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mirco Moretti 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Federico Peretti 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
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marcello Cecconi 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
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Valentino Mariani 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
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Giuseppe Bernardi 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.