The Guidonia Montecelio Post
Squad23 Aug 2027
The step up is real for Alessandro Spavone
At 23 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Guidonia Montecelio
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Andrea Errico has improved at 28, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Modena tell Guidonia Montecelio: Agustín Quiroz 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Daniele Ferrigno joins the Guidonia Montecelio first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniele Ferrigno is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market23 Aug 2027
Franco Greco steps up from the Guidonia Montecelio academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Franco Greco 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Federico Mariani joins the Guidonia Montecelio first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Federico Mariani is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market23 Aug 2027
Guidonia Montecelio promote Bruno Tombesi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bruno Tombesi 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.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
No hiding place for Davide Zappella
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Davide Zappella, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Boardroom A promise the Guidonia Montecelio board did not keep
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Guidonia Montecelio
- The dugout When it matters, Andrea Cristini plays