The Potenza Chronicle
Squad21 Aug 2028
A fracture rules Cristian Riggio out for 59 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Potenza will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Matteo Enza is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Luca Petrungaro in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Potenza this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Aug 2028
A late step up for Claud Adjapong
At 30 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 4 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Graduation day at Potenza
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.
Market21 Aug 2028
Potenza promote Gianluca Cassano from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gianluca Cassano 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.
Market21 Aug 2028
One of our own: Ignazio Vannucci joins the Potenza first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ignazio Vannucci is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market21 Aug 2028
One of our own: Davide Sartori joins the Potenza first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Davide Sartori is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market21 Aug 2028
One of our own: Giulio Di Stefano joins the Potenza first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Giulio Di Stefano is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.