Don Bolsius

Right Midfielder - Ascoli
1 Nov 2026
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Marked for Don Bolsius

12 Edition

The Ascoli Gazette

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout19 Oct 2026

No hiding place for Simone D'Uffizi

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Simone D'Uffizi, and the manager let it.

Squad19 Oct 2026

A falling-out at Ascoli

Heriberto Aguayo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Gabriele Gori beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 14. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

Half-satisfied: Alberto Baraldi on the draw

“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.

Loan watch19 Oct 2026

The goals keep arriving from Francesco Forte’s exile

7 goals in 6 games at Catania — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at Ascoli updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.

Match17 Oct 2026

Ascoli and Palermo cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Palermo came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Looking ahead19 Oct 2026

A reunion for Don Bolsius

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Benevento in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

Loan watch19 Oct 2026

Francesco Galuppini keeps scoring at Ospitaletto

6 appearances away from home and 6 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

The plan did not have a place for Patricio Núñez

Nobody at Ascoli is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.

In brief

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11 Edition

The Ascoli Gazette

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad12 Oct 2026

Words exchanged at Ascoli

Federico Gattoni 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 dugout12 Oct 2026

Matteo Ricci 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.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Heriberto Aguayo signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Heriberto Aguayo and Ascoli agree another 1 years.

Market12 Oct 2026

Talks stall between Ascoli and Simone D'Uffizi

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Squad12 Oct 2026

The formation has left Heriberto Aguayo behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Ascoli will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

Market12 Oct 2026

Ascoli bring in an old head

Heriberto Aguayo is 35 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.

Looking ahead12 Oct 2026

Matteo Brunori faces his old club

Palermo next, and one man in the Ascoli dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

Market12 Oct 2026

The Samuele Vitale question follows Ascoli around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Samuele Vitale’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Don Bolsius gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Don Bolsius is on it.

In brief

6 Edition

The Ascoli Gazette

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Boardroom7 Sep 2026

Ascoli close the window on a squad of their own making

10 in and 1 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Too much change too quickly at Ascoli

6 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Don Bolsius slips down the pecking order

The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Don Bolsius is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Ascoli take the armband off Federico Gattoni

It will be explained as a change for the team and it may even be one. Nobody who has worn one believes that, and neither does the man who has just had it taken away.

Squad7 Sep 2026

The division's best last weekend was a Ascoli man

It is a small honour and it is not nothing: somebody watched every match in the division and decided that Matteo Brunori was the best thing in any of them.

Looking ahead7 Sep 2026

Gabriele Gori goes back to face Südtirol

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Gabriele Gori’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Ascoli needing him to play as if none of it matters.

In brief