The Alcione Milano Herald
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Andrea Invernizzi was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 40. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Market31 Aug 2026
Marco Melchionda agrees terms with Campobasso
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Alcione Milano people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market31 Aug 2026
Niccolò Sotgia hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Alcione Milano can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Alcione Milano rebuffed over Franco Rivasseau
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Patronato have kept their man, and Alcione Milano go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Federico Agazzi
“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.
Match29 Aug 2026
Alcione Milano come up short against Lecco
Lecco left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Alcione Milano
7 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.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Renato Vannucci answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Alcione Milano ask about Diogo Pinto
A loan enquiry to Oliveirense: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- Looking ahead A test against the best for Alcione Milano
- Looking ahead Luca Zamparo goes back to face Vicenza
- The dugout No place in the plan for Armando Miculi