The Vicenza Courier
Squad8 May 2028
Alessandro Bellemo damages knee ligaments — 89 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 89 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match8 May 2028
Nobody above Vicenza
First, on 62 points. The table is a fact and a fact is allowed to be enjoyed, which is as far as anybody at the club is prepared to go in public.
Squad8 May 2028
Mattia Valoti signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mattia Valoti and Vicenza agree another 2 years.
Squad8 May 2028
A falling-out at Vicenza
Nicolò Fazzi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market8 May 2028
Fabrizio Fabbri steps up from the Vicenza academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Fabrizio Fabbri 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.
Market8 May 2028
One of our own: Jacopo Pavone joins the Vicenza first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jacopo Pavone is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 May 2028
One of our own: Armando Baldi joins the Vicenza first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Armando Baldi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 May 2028
Vicenza promote Valentino Greco from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Valentino Greco 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.
Squad8 May 2028
Home is on Tomás Bais's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Vicenza are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
In brief
- The dugout Michele Besaggio gets picked when it counts
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Pablo Achaval
- The dugout Filippo Alessio knocks on the manager's door