The Cosenza Herald
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Mario Perlingieri, 21, steals the show — 8.03
Marked 8.03 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Simone Mazzocchi is named among the best
There are footballers who have a good season and footballers a season is remembered for, and the second kind get their names read out in a hall in the summer. Cosenza will be quietly delighted and privately nervous.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Vintage Paolo Dametto — 8.01
At 33 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.01, and nobody on the pitch better.
Market4 Jan 2027
Alessandro Dalmazzi puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Cosenza, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
Velizar-Iliya Iliev keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Cosenza may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Cosenza
Iván Regules 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.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
Door shut on Izan Merino
Cosenza asked and Genoa said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The terraces4 Jan 2027
One of their own: Mario Perlingieri
He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match2 Jan 2027
Mario Perlingieri the difference as Cosenza beat Picerno
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Mario Perlingieri. 2‑0 against Picerno, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
In brief
- Squad Mario Perlingieri is the month’s best young player
- Player ratings Nothing got past Gianluca Clemente
- Squad Gianluca Clemente makes the team of the month