The Virtus Verona Herald
Squad23 Aug 2027
Riccardo Lodovici is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Francesco Toffanin 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 Virtus Verona this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Virtus Verona
2 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
A late step up for Hachim Mastour
At 29 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Tommaso Medici joins the Virtus Verona first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tommaso Medici 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
Virtus Verona promote Mariano Coppola from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mariano Coppola 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.
In brief
- Squad Luca Munaretti gets it from the manager
- Loan watch Milton Pereyra has seen enough of Heerenveen
- Market Virtus Verona sign Simone Suppa, one for the future
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Virtus Verona