The Virtus Verona Herald
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
No sign of nerves from Rafael Melo at 19 — 7.60
The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Rafael Melo did not need any: 7.60, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Virtus Verona
Nicola Patanè and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market12 Oct 2026
Samuele Marchetti steps up from the Virtus Verona academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Samuele Marchetti 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.
Match10 Oct 2026
Virtus Verona see off AlbinoLeffe
Three points for Virtus Verona, 1‑0 the final word against AlbinoLeffe in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Samuel Ďatko
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Words at Virtus Verona training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marco Amadio 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.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Arnau Rafús dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Valerio Bernardi has his say
“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Valerio Bernardi on a 1‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Arnau Rafús knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Virtus Verona, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Squad Samuel Ďatko named player of the week
- Squad A Virtus Verona teenager takes the young player award
- Looking ahead Marco Amadio faces his old club