Leonardo Benedetti

Defensive Midfielder - Virtus Entella
6 Sep 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Leonardo Benedetti

5 Edition

The Virtus Entella Gazette

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

No mercy from Virtus Entella

Avellino will want this one forgotten quickly: 4‑1, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Virtus Entella were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.

Market

Andrea Franzoni 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 The request is on a desk at Virtus Entella, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Virtus Entella turn down Hatayspor for Emirhan İlkhan

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Player ratings

A brace, and Luigi Cuppone takes the afternoon — 8.80

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Luigi Cuppone provided it, and the 8.80 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Transfer targets

Virtus Entella agree $120.0K for Riccardo Brosco

The clubs have shaken hands with Foggia; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.

Player ratings

A defender's goal wins it for Virtus Entella — 7.81

1 for Leonardo Benedetti, marked 7.81, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Transfer targets

Sebastián Driussi will not be coming to Virtus Entella

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at River Plate is saying, and nobody at Virtus Entella is enjoying the guessing.

Transfer targets

No deal for Alessandro Tripaldelli at that price

Virtus Entella offered $800.0K; Reggiana said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Squad

Words exchanged at Virtus Entella

John Yeboah 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.

In brief