The Sambenedettese Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Sambenedettese
Pepín Machín 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Venezia tell Sambenedettese: Demoye Arthur Konan is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ignazio Esposito steps up from the Sambenedettese academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ignazio Esposito 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 Rizzi joins the Sambenedettese first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniele Rizzi 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
Sambenedettese promote Giovanni Calabrese from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Giovanni Calabrese 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 Aug 2026
Alessio Leone steps up from the Sambenedettese academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alessio Leone 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Edqui Amaro signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Edqui Amaro commits to Sambenedettese for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Francesco Scafetta 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Sambenedettese ask about Karlo Pajsar
A loan enquiry to Parma: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- Transfer targets Sambenedettese ask about Mattia Esposito
- Squad Pepín Machín still has not settled