Philipp Hoffmann

Right Midfielder - Ravenna
1 Feb 2028
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Philipp Hoffmann

79 Edition

The Ravenna Post

31 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Ravenna up to position 3

39 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Market

Carlo Ilari 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 The request is on a desk at Ravenna, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Rafael Ximenez Fasanella is the real thing at 19

A season average of 7.05 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Ravenna know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Match

Whatever happens, Ravenna do not lose

7 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Squad

Philipp Hoffmann 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 Ravenna this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Joshua Tenkorang

Marked 8.87 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

Joshua Tenkorang is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.41 with 5 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Lorenzo Lonardi

“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.

Match

Joshua Tenkorang rescues a point for Ravenna

It needed Joshua Tenkorang to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Arezzo, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

In brief

Back issues
78 Edition

The Ravenna Post

24 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Matteo Motti 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 Ravenna can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings

Rafael Ximenez Fasanella runs at them all day

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.

Squad

Tempers go at Ravenna

Philipp Hoffmann 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.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Ravenna

The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Player ratings

One of those days for Zakaria El Kachati

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.16, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

Pierluca Luciani 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.

In brief

76 Edition

The Ravenna Post

10 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Giacomo Poluzzi keeps Ravenna in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market

Rashad Pelage 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 Ravenna can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tempers go at Ravenna

Philipp Hoffmann 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.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Alessandro Bianconi

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 19 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Matteo Solini

“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.

Squad

Orazio Baldini out for 35 days

The medical room confirms 35 days on the sidelines for Orazio Baldini, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Player ratings

The afternoon belonged to Lorenzo Lonardi

A mark of 7.64, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

Player ratings

Joshua Tenkorang runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Carlo Ilari is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Ravenna has been clear about where Carlo Ilari stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief

75 Edition

The Ravenna Post

3 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Nothing got past Lorenzo Lonardi

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 31 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Match

Ravenna are in among the leaders

Position 3 and 33 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Alessandro Bianconi

Defensive actions: 25. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

At 19, Rafael Ximenez Fasanella is already the best thing here

An average of 7.00 in a first team he is several years too young for. Ravenna have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Match

Ravenna make it 3 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Ravenna have 3 straight wins of it.

Squad

Tempers go at Ravenna

Philipp Hoffmann 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.

Match

Ravenna get the job done against Sambenedettese

A 1‑0 win over Sambenedettese, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Pierluca Luciani

Marked 8.32 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

Manuel Fischnaller runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief

74 Edition

The Ravenna Post

27 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Philipp Hoffmann 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 Ravenna this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Nicolas Viola

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 22 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Player ratings

Joshua Tenkorang in the eights

A performance of 9.45 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match

Joshua Tenkorang sends Ravenna past Pineto

It finished 1‑0, and it was Joshua Tenkorang’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Ravenna.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Pierluca Luciani

“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.

Squad

Defences have started doubling up on Joshua Tenkorang

4 goals and a season average of 7.35 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

In brief

73 Edition

The Ravenna Post

20 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Tempers go at Ravenna

Philipp Hoffmann 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.

Match

Ravenna find a way past Campobasso

Campobasso made Ravenna work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

No hiding place for Giacomo Poluzzi

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Giacomo Poluzzi, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

One of those days for Alessandro Bianconi

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.48, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

Pierluca Luciani in the eights

A performance of 8.21 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Rafael Ximenez Fasanella

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

72 Edition

The Ravenna Post

13 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Rashad Pelage 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 Ravenna, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Philipp Hoffmann 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 Ravenna this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Pierluca Luciani’s goal not enough for Ravenna

Pierluca Luciani scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Carpi, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Joshua Tenkorang

Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

Pierluca Luciani in the eights

A performance of 8.16 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

Stefano Okaka 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.

In brief

71 Edition

The Ravenna Post

6 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Ravenna taken apart

0‑4 to Ascoli, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

Squad

Tempers go at Ravenna

Philipp Hoffmann 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.

Squad

Matteo Solini signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Matteo Solini commits to Ravenna for another 2 years.

Squad

Cristiano Bani 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.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Joshua Tenkorang

Marked 8.39 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

Ravenna count the cost of losing Abdel Rachid Zagré

29 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

In brief

66 Edition

The Ravenna Post

1 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Stefano Okaka 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 Ravenna this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Pierluca Luciani signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Pierluca Luciani and Ravenna agree another 4 years.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Stefano Okaka

“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.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Joshua Tenkorang

Marked 8.49 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

Rafael Ximenez Fasanella in the eights

A performance of 8.32 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Philipp Hoffmann

Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Honours even between Ravenna and Bra

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Squad

The armband comes off Nicolas Viola

Ravenna will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.

Player ratings

Off the pace: Stefano Okaka

A mark of 5.60 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.

In brief

63 Edition

The Ravenna Post

11 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Abdel Rachid Zagré says Ravenna went back on their word

“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.

Squad

Nicolas Viola 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 Ravenna this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Joshua Tenkorang in the eights

A performance of 9.01 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

Cristian Spini signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Cristian Spini commits to Ravenna for another 3 years.

Player ratings

One of those days for Lorenzo Lonardi

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.03, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

Pierluca Luciani 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.

In brief

61 Edition

The Ravenna Post

27 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Giacomo Poluzzi is the hero from the spot

A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Giacomo Poluzzi: 3 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.

Match

Ravenna through in the cup

A 0‑0 win over Latina, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Cristian Spini

Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Tempers go at Ravenna

Stefano Okaka 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.

Squad

Giulio Donati out for 14 days

The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Giulio Donati, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Lorenzo Lonardi

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 22 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Match

Pierluca Luciani sends Ravenna past Livorno

It finished 2‑0, and it was Pierluca Luciani’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Ravenna.

Player ratings

Pierluca Luciani in the eights

A performance of 8.38 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings

One of those days for Philipp Hoffmann

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.09, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

In brief

59 Edition

The Ravenna Post

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Matteo Solini keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Ravenna may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Tempers go at Ravenna

Stefano Okaka 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.

Player ratings

Rafael Ximenez Fasanella in the eights

A performance of 9.07 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match

Ravenna get the job done against Vis Pesaro

A 2‑1 win over Vis Pesaro, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Joshua Tenkorang

Marked 8.50 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Francesco Corsinelli

“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.

Player ratings

Stefano Okaka keeps on missing

Shots: 9, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Philipp Hoffmann

Successful dribbles: 11. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Rafael Ximenez Fasanella is off the mark for Ravenna

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

In brief

35 Edition

The Ravenna Post

29 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Tommaso Di Marco

Successful dribbles: 34. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Kelvin Neijenhuis is the real thing at 19

A season average of 7.00 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Ravenna know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

Philipp Hoffmann 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 Ravenna this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Ravenna come up short against Forli

Forli left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Cristiano Bani

“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.

Player ratings

Kelvin Neijenhuis in the eights

A performance of 8.33 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

In brief

28 Edition

The Ravenna Post

8 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Matteo Rossetti asks to leave Ravenna

“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.

Player ratings

Joshua Tenkorang runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Tempers go at Ravenna

Philipp Hoffmann 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.

Match

Perugia take the points off Ravenna

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

No hiding place for Giulio Donati

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Giulio Donati, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Off the pace: Cristiano Bani

A mark of 4.01 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.

Player ratings

Off the pace: Gabriele Selleri

A mark of 5.42 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.

Player ratings

Lorenzo Da Pozzo never got going

5.78 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.

Squad

Matteo Mandorlini is not saying it is over

“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 38 with 2 appearances behind him, and Ravenna have to plan for both answers.

In brief

22 Edition

The Ravenna Post

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Matteo Solini

Defensive actions: 26. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Nicolas Viola 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 Ravenna this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom

Wages eat 325% of everything Ravenna earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Squad

Stefano Okaka 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.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Lorenzo Lonardi

Defensive actions: 19. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Player ratings

Joshua Tenkorang stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.59 on the card, and the Ravenna support went home talking about one name.

In brief

19 Edition

The Ravenna Post

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Matteo Rossetti 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 Ravenna, and it is not being withdrawn.

The terraces

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 5 of the 25 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Squad

Stefano Okaka 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 Ravenna this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Cristiano Bani

“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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Ravenna against Ascoli

0‑1 to Ascoli, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Player ratings

Stefano Okaka keeps on missing

Shots: 9, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

Squad

Giulio Donati is not saying it is over

“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 36 with 164 appearances behind him, and Ravenna have to plan for both answers.

Player ratings

Kelvin Neijenhuis never got going

5.64 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.

Player ratings

Off the pace: Jaime Romero

A mark of 5.73 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.

In brief

15 Edition

The Ravenna Post

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

6 matches without a win for Ravenna

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Ravenna are no longer polite ones.

Player ratings

Tommaso Di Marco runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Tempers go at Ravenna

Nicolas Viola 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.

Player ratings

Nicolas Viola shuts the door

Defensive actions: 20, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad

No hiding place for Giulio Donati

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Giulio Donati, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Matteo Solini

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 13 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

In brief

13 Edition

The Ravenna Post

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Jaime Romero 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 Ravenna can pretend not to have heard.

Match

The wait goes on for Ravenna

4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad

Philipp Hoffmann 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 Ravenna this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Jaime Romero wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Ravenna know it.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Giacomo Poluzzi

“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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Ravenna against Pianese

0‑1 to Pianese, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Player ratings

Tommaso Di Marco runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

The one thing Stefano Okaka could not do

Shots: 7, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

Player ratings

A day to forget for Bruno Fernandes

Marked 5.80, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.

In brief

12 Edition

The Ravenna Post

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Tommaso Di Marco runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Tempers go at Ravenna

Stefano Okaka 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.

Squad

Cristiano Bani 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.

Match

Guidonia Montecelio take the points off Ravenna

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Player ratings

Stefano Okaka leaves them behind him

Shots: 12. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.

Player ratings

Paolo Rrapaj never got going

5.79 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.

In brief

7 Edition

The Ravenna Post

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Tommaso Di Marco

Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Nicolas Viola

Defensive actions: 24. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Philipp Hoffmann 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 Ravenna this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

No hiding place for Giacomo Poluzzi

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Giacomo Poluzzi, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Lorenzo Lonardi stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.56 on the card, and the Ravenna support went home talking about one name.

Player ratings

The one thing Stefano Okaka could not do

Shots: 11, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

In brief

3 Edition

The Ravenna Post

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Ravenna turn down Trento for Matteo Mandorlini

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

Squad

Stefano Okaka 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 Ravenna this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

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Ravenna count the cost of losing Cristian Spini

14 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

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Matteo Mandorlini told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Matteo Mandorlini has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Ravenna.

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Ravenna bring in an old head

Jaime Romero is 36 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.

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Philipp Hoffmann still has not settled

A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Ravenna would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.

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The Ravenna Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Cristiano Bani stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Cristiano Bani and Ravenna agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

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Manuel Fischnaller 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 Ravenna this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

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Mattia Tesselli out for 24 days

The medical room confirms 24 days on the sidelines for Mattia Tesselli, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

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This league is too small for Philipp Hoffmann

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. Ravenna will not keep him by pretending otherwise.

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Ravenna and Giacomo Poluzzi are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

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Ravenna sign Bruno Fernandes, one for the future

Bruno Fernandes is 20, and Ravenna have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

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