Marked for Lorenzo Podda
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Squad16 Nov 2026
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 40 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market16 Nov 2026
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Gubbio has been clear about where Alessio Di Massimo stands, which is more than many ever get.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Gubbio, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Lucas Ferreira is the weekend's best young player
At 20 he is being measured against the rest of the division's kids and coming out in front. The senior version of this award is where the club would like this to lead.
Squad16 Nov 2026
A wage question at Gubbio
Lorenzo Podda has done the arithmetic and does not like the answer. Nothing corrodes a squad faster, and no club has ever solved it by explaining the wage structure to a footballer.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Giacomo Beretta has written the date down.
Back issues
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Squad19 Oct 2026
A fracture rules Andrea Signorini out for 68 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Gubbio will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match17 Oct 2026
Nobody wants to play Gubbio right now
3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Francesco Zallu and Gubbio agree another 4 years.
Match17 Oct 2026
It finished 1‑0, and it was Andrea La Mantia’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Gubbio.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Gubbio told Lucas Ferreira something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
The view from the dugout
“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Gabriele Pavone, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.
Looking ahead19 Oct 2026
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Perugia in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
5 attempts, none of them in. He got into the right places all afternoon, which is the hard part, and did the easy part badly — and that is the version of a bad day a manager can live with.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
The manager wanted a different profile for this opponent, which is a real football reason and no consolation. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
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Steady
Squad12 Oct 2026
A fracture rules Andrea Signorini out for 76 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Gubbio will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Tommaso Ghirardello is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad12 Oct 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 Gubbio this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Alfonso Luna and Gubbio agree another 1 years.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
“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.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Giacomo Beretta has written the date down.
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Steady
Squad14 Sep 2026
109 days out for Andrea Signorini after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Gubbio will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market14 Sep 2026
“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 Gubbio, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match12 Sep 2026
Spezia left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
“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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
200 games in the shirt. Nobody sets out to build a record like that; it happens to a certain kind of player at a certain kind of club, and this town knows what it has.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Gabriele Pavone after 0‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Alberto Tentardini is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Marked 4.77. Nothing he attempted worked and by the hour mark he had stopped attempting much, which is the part a manager notices rather than the mistakes.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Lorenzo Podda asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Squad7 Sep 2026
A fracture rules Andrea Signorini out for 116 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Gubbio will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Gubbio close the window on a squad of their own making
17 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Gabriele Costa slips down the pecking order
The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Gabriele Costa is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“I have done everything asked of me in training and it has not changed a thing on a Saturday.” The most familiar complaint in football, and one Gubbio will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Nothing is announced when this happens and everybody knows. He is a bigger part of the plan at Gubbio than he was a month ago, and the training ground worked that out before the team sheet said so.