The Ascoli Gazette
Squad24 Aug 2026
Enrico Oviszach damages knee ligaments — 123 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 123 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market24 Aug 2026
Rok Bržan asks to leave Ascoli
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Francesco Galuppini 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 Ascoli this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Ascoli
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Ascoli training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Giovanni Corradini is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market24 Aug 2026
Claudio Vitale steps up from the Ascoli academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Claudio Vitale has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Ruggero Chiari steps up from the Ascoli academy
- Market One of our own: Andrea Gastaldello joins the Ascoli first team
- Squad Ascoli lose Nicholas Rizzo
- Boardroom Ascoli turn down the training-ground plan