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Crisis
Squad10 May 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Trapani may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad10 May 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Trapani this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 May 2027
Livio Milts 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.
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Crisis
Match27 Mar 2027
6 matches without a win for Trapani
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Trapani are no longer polite ones.
Squad29 Mar 2027
The medical room confirms 146 days on the sidelines for Gabriele Morelli, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Player ratings29 Mar 2027
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Borna Knezović 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.
Squad29 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Maxime Leverbe
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match27 Mar 2027
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
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Steady
Match4 Nov 2026
Trapani march on in the cup
Spezia are out and Trapani go through, 1‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Squad9 Nov 2026
A one-man rearguard from Enis Ujkaj
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Maxime Leverbe 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.
Match7 Nov 2026
0‑2 to Monopoli, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Federico Vázquez, and the manager let it.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Defensive actions: 18, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 17 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
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Steady
Market24 Aug 2026
The fee is $1.0M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Vicenza drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Trapani this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market24 Aug 2026
Add another name to the list: Cavese have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Cesare Galeotti. The answer from Trapani has not changed — yet.
Market24 Aug 2026
He is 16, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market24 Aug 2026
He is 16, and nobody at Trapani signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad24 Aug 2026
This league is too small for Maxime Leverbe
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Trapani will not keep him by pretending otherwise.