The Casertana Gazette
Market14 Sep 2026
Alessandro Vilardi hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Casertana can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Casertana rebuffed over Dinis Rodrigues
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Napoli have kept their man, and Casertana go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match12 Sep 2026
A bad afternoon for Casertana against Cavese
0‑2 to Cavese, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Victor De Lucia
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Victor De Lucia, and the manager let it.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Giulio Favale runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑2 Bruno Donadoni left the room before anybody could ask which.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The plan did not have a place for Michele Vano
Nobody at Casertana is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.
Looking ahead14 Sep 2026
Francesco Di Tacchio faces his old club
Catania next, and one man in the Casertana dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The room hears from Jacopo Manconi
“Nobody outside is coming to save us.” It was short, it was not comfortable, and by all accounts the Casertana squad were quieter afterwards than they had been all season.
In brief
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: Catania at home
- Squad Loris Bacchetti is training like a man with a point to make
- Squad Welcome back, Danilo Bellucci