The Carpi Herald
Squad5 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Carpi
Erik Gerbi 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.
Market5 Apr 2027
One of our own: Carlo Costantini joins the Carpi first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Carlo Costantini is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market5 Apr 2027
Carpi promote Franco Negri from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Franco Negri 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 dugout5 Apr 2027
No hiding place for Riccardo Gatti
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Riccardo Gatti, and the manager let it.
Match3 Apr 2027
A bad afternoon for Carpi against Forli
0‑1 to Forli, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Words at Carpi training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Leonardo Morosini 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 dugout5 Apr 2027
Valerio Vignali: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Elia Giani named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Elia Giani is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
The dugout5 Apr 2027
Davide Zagnoni does not fit this one
Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.
In brief
- The dugout Federico Casarini asks for a word with the manager
- Market The Erik Gerbi talk will not go away
- Squad Davide Zagnoni says his piece