The Picerno Post
Match4 Nov 2026
Picerno out of the cup
AS Roma ended it 1‑4. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
The terraces9 Nov 2026
Picerno are taken apart by AS Roma — and the town wants answers
It finished 1-4. A cup exit is a disappointment; this was a public dismantling, and the difference between the two is the number of people who will still be talking about it in August.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Elia Summa keeps Picerno in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
The terraces9 Nov 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 6 of the 30 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Picerno
Mamadou Kanouté 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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Elia Summa 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.
Match7 Nov 2026
Mamadou Kanouté’s goal not enough for Picerno
Mamadou Kanouté scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Foggia, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Market9 Nov 2026
One of our own: Gregorio Colletti joins the Picerno first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gregorio Colletti is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Giuseppe Guadagni runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Squad Destiny Efosa Egharevba gets it from the manager
- Boardroom Nobody left the Picerno dressing room in a hurry