The Benevento Herald
Squad23 Aug 2027
Antonio Prisco is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Gianmarco Vannucchi 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 Benevento this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Davide Lamesta has improved at 27, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Benevento
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Words at Benevento training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mattia Maita 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Mattia Tarantino steps up from the Benevento academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mattia Tarantino 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.
In brief
- Market Davide Greco steps up from the Benevento academy
- Market One of our own: Sebastiano Pellegrino joins the Benevento first team
- Market One of our own: Umberto Paganelli joins the Benevento first team
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Benevento