The Catania Sentinel
Match28 Oct 2028
The wait goes on for Catania
6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad30 Oct 2028
Words exchanged at Catania
Fabrizio Caligara and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout30 Oct 2028
Gabriel Lunetta frozen out at Catania
This is not rotation. Gabriel Lunetta has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Catania is pretending otherwise.
Squad30 Oct 2028
A row about effort at Catania
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Roberto Insigne was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match28 Oct 2028
The goals have deserted Catania
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Catania can tell you which week it ends in.
The dugout30 Oct 2028
Filippo D'Andrea gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad30 Oct 2028
Catania lose Gerardo Marchetti
30 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad30 Oct 2028
Catania lose Reece James
23 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
The dugout30 Oct 2028
Andrea Dini asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- Player ratings Nothing got past Mattia Mannini
- Match Catania draw a blank against Sorrento