From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market15 Nov 2027
“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.
Market15 Nov 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Match13 Nov 2027
A 2-1 win over Pineto, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad15 Nov 2027
“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.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Luca Fabrizi knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Pianese, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market15 Nov 2027
Experience through the door at Pianese
Fumiya Hayakawa arrives at 33 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
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Crisis
Match6 Nov 2027
10 matches without a win for Pianese
The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around Pianese are no longer polite ones.
Market8 Nov 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Match8 Nov 2027
Pianese are in real trouble now
Position 17, 8 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Luca Fabrizi 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.
Match6 Nov 2027
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Boardroom8 Nov 2027
Pianese pull $641.1K back off the table
The money that was there in the summer is not there now. Nobody upstairs calls this a change of ambition, and everybody downstairs reads it as one.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Lorenzo Peli knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Pianese, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market8 Nov 2027
The name of Simone Ianesi keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Pianese say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad8 Nov 2027
A new face in his position, and Simone Ianesi suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Pianese have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Uneasy
Match30 Oct 2027
9 matches without a win for Pianese
The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Pianese are no longer polite ones.
Market1 Nov 2027
Simone Ianesi 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 Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom1 Nov 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Pianese
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad1 Nov 2027
“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.
Squad1 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Lorenzo Masetti
“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.
Match30 Oct 2027
Pianese and Carpi take a point apiece
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
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Crisis
Match23 Oct 2027
8 matches without a win for Pianese
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Pianese are no longer polite ones.
Market25 Oct 2027
“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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Mario Pirovano: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Pianese have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match23 Oct 2027
Ravenna left with the points after a 1-3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad25 Oct 2027
“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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jacopo Montagna commits to Pianese for another 3 years.
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Uneasy
Match16 Oct 2027
7 matches without a win for Pianese
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Pianese are no longer polite ones.
Market18 Oct 2027
“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.
Market18 Oct 2027
Willames José has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Pianese they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad18 Oct 2027
“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.
Match16 Oct 2027
Honours even between Pianese and Forli
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Francesco Chesti 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.
Market18 Oct 2027
Pianese have made Maid Ahmed available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Market18 Oct 2027
No fee, no negotiation, no argument: Tommaso Chiavarino moves on to another club with his contract settled and the wage bill a little lighter.
The terraces18 Oct 2027
The press cannot get enough of Stefano Cella
Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.
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Crisis
Market11 Oct 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Match9 Oct 2027
6 matches without a win for Pianese
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Pianese are no longer polite ones.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Luca Fabrizi 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.
Match9 Oct 2027
Pontedera left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad11 Oct 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Pianese, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The terraces11 Oct 2027
The spotlight tightens on Luca Fabrizi
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
Market11 Oct 2027
The name of Simone Ianesi keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Pianese say nothing, which says plenty.
Market11 Oct 2027
Pianese have made Volodymyr Savchyn available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Squad11 Oct 2027
At 23 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Pianese are won quietly and lost loudly.
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Crisis
Market4 Oct 2027
Simone Ianesi 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 Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Thomas Clementi: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Pianese have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match2 Oct 2027
5 matches without a win for Pianese
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Pianese are no longer polite ones.
Match2 Oct 2027
Ternana left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad4 Oct 2027
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“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
Match22 Sep 2027
Pianese out of the cup
Cittadella ended it 0-1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
The terraces27 Sep 2027
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 9 of the 29 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Market27 Sep 2027
Maid Ahmed 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 Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Squad27 Sep 2027
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.
Squad27 Sep 2027
“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.
Market27 Sep 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Pianese they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match25 Sep 2027
4 matches without a win for Pianese
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Pianese are no longer polite ones.
Match25 Sep 2027
Gubbio left with the points after a 1-3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad27 Sep 2027
“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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Uneasy
Market20 Sep 2027
“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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
There were 6 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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
“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.
Market20 Sep 2027
Willames José has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Pianese they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad20 Sep 2027
94 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad20 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Lorenzo Masetti
“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.
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Uneasy
Market13 Sep 2027
“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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Pianese have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Stefano Cella commits to Pianese for another 4 years.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Luca Fabrizi 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.
Match11 Sep 2027
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Stefano Cella 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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Uneasy
Market6 Sep 2027
$1.8M. No player has ever cost Pianese more, and expectation arrives with him.
Market6 Sep 2027
Simone Ianesi 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 Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Market6 Sep 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Pianese they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match4 Sep 2027
Three points for Pianese, 1-0 the final word against Guidonia Montecelio in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad6 Sep 2027
The medical room confirms 32 days on the sidelines for Claudio Martey, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad6 Sep 2027
“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.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
The numbers do not look good at Pianese
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Stefano Cella knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Pianese, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
$428.9K a year onto the Pianese books
A new partner, a signature and a photograph nobody will remember. It funds a fortnight of wages, which is more than most headlines on this page can say for themselves.
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Crisis
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Pianese
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Match28 Aug 2027
6 matches without a win for Pianese
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Pianese are no longer polite ones.
Market30 Aug 2027
“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.
Market30 Aug 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Pianese they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Pianese, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Match28 Aug 2027
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Perugia came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Every debut is a small story about the future: Kevin Rodríguez, 21 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
Market30 Aug 2027
The name of Luca Fabrizi keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Pianese say nothing, which says plenty.
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Crisis
Match23 Aug 2027
Pianese are in real trouble now
Position 17, 31 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market23 Aug 2027
“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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Willames José has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Pianese they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market23 Aug 2027
The shirt still fits. Antonio Messina is back at Pianese, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market23 Aug 2027
The shirt still fits. Gregorio Monteleone is back at Pianese, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad23 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 123 days on the sidelines for Michael Mortume, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
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Crisis
Market16 Aug 2027
Marco Bertini 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 Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Market16 Aug 2027
The name of Simone Ianesi keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Pianese say nothing, which says plenty.
Market16 Aug 2027
2 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Pianese could get for him.
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Crisis
Market9 Aug 2027
Simone Ianesi 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 Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Market9 Aug 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Pianese they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Francesco Parisi commits to Pianese for another 3 years.
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Crisis
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Pianese
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
Diego Battaglia has until the next board meeting
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Pianese can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Market2 Aug 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Market2 Aug 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Pianese they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Francesco Parisi and Pianese agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad2 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Lorenzo Peli
“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.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
Pianese pull $52.8K back off the table
The money that was there in the summer is not there now. Nobody upstairs calls this a change of ambition, and everybody downstairs reads it as one.
Market2 Aug 2027
The name of Luca Fabrizi keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Pianese say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Somebody is after Luca Fabrizi’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Luca Fabrizi suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Pianese have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Uneasy
Match26 Jul 2027
Pianese are in real trouble now
Position 17, 31 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market26 Jul 2027
“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.
Market26 Jul 2027
Willames José has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Pianese they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market26 Jul 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Pianese know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Marco Bertini 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.
Market26 Jul 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Willames José may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Uneasy
Market19 Jul 2027
Marco Bertini 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 Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Market19 Jul 2027
He is 19, and nobody at Pianese signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market19 Jul 2027
The name of Simone Ianesi keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Pianese say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Luca Ercolani 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Lorenzo Vigiani may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Squad19 Jul 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Jacopo Montagna keeps the shirt for now, at Pianese's convenience rather than his own.
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Uneasy
Market12 Jul 2027
Simone Ianesi 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 Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Market12 Jul 2027
He is 19, and nobody at Pianese signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Francesco Chesti 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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Uneasy
Boardroom5 Jul 2027
The caretaker keeps it: Diego Battaglia confirmed
A month of looking elsewhere ended where it started. He already knows every name in the building; the rest of it he now has to prove in public.
Market5 Jul 2027
“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.
Market5 Jul 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Pianese they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market5 Jul 2027
He is 20, and nobody at Pianese signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad5 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Lorenzo Peli
“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.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Pianese, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Match28 Jun 2027
Pianese are in real trouble now
Position 17, 31 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market28 Jun 2027
“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.
Market28 Jun 2027
The deal that would have taken Leonardo Bellini to Modena has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Pianese with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Market28 Jun 2027
Willames José has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Pianese they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market28 Jun 2027
Modena pay $820.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad28 Jun 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Pianese, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market21 Jun 2027
Marco Bertini 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 Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Market21 Jun 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Pianese is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad21 Jun 2027
At 21, Lorenzo Berardi is already the best thing here
An average of 7.01 in a first team he is several years too young for. Pianese have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Market21 Jun 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Pianese will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Leonardo Bellini 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.
Market21 Jun 2027
The name of Simone Ianesi keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Pianese say nothing, which says plenty.
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Uneasy
Market14 Jun 2027
Simone Ianesi 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 Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Market14 Jun 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Pianese they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom14 Jun 2027
Pianese still without a manager
13 days since the seat came open, a list of names doing the rounds, and nobody has signed anything. Every week this drags on the shortlist gets shorter.
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Uneasy
Boardroom7 Jun 2027
The statement thanked him for his efforts and wished him well, in that order and in about that many words. The search begins immediately.
Market7 Jun 2027
“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.
Boardroom7 Jun 2027
“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.
Squad7 Jun 2027
“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.
Market7 Jun 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Pianese they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom7 Jun 2027
Pianese pull $52.8K back off the table
The money that was there in the summer is not there now. Nobody upstairs calls this a change of ambition, and everybody downstairs reads it as one.
Squad7 Jun 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Pianese, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market7 Jun 2027
The name of Luca Fabrizi keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Pianese say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad7 Jun 2027
A new face in his position, and Francesco Proietto suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Pianese have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Crisis
Match31 May 2027
Pianese are in real trouble now
Position 17, 31 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market31 May 2027
“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.
Squad31 May 2027
Lorenzo Peli 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
Boardroom24 May 2027
Pressure builds in the Pianese boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Market24 May 2027
“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.
Market24 May 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Pianese is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad24 May 2027
At 21, Lorenzo Berardi is already the best thing here
An average of 7.01 in a first team he is several years too young for. Pianese have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad24 May 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Pianese, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market24 May 2027
The name of Simone Ianesi keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Pianese say nothing, which says plenty.
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Crisis
Market17 May 2027
Simone Ianesi 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 Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Squad17 May 2027
The medical room confirms 66 days on the sidelines for Lorenzo Vigiani, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad17 May 2027
Francesco Chesti 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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Crisis
Market10 May 2027
“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.
Market10 May 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Pianese they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad10 May 2027
Leonardo Bellini 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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Crisis
Match3 May 2027
Pianese are in real trouble now
Position 17, 31 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Boardroom3 May 2027
Danilo Fortunato has until the next board meeting
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Pianese can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Market3 May 2027
“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.
Squad3 May 2027
Lorenzo Peli 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.
Boardroom3 May 2027
$52.8K taken back off the Pianese table
What was available in the summer has quietly gone. Upstairs nobody will call it a change of ambition; downstairs nobody will call it anything else.
Squad3 May 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Pianese, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
Boardroom26 Apr 2027
Pressure builds in the Pianese boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Market26 Apr 2027
“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.
Market26 Apr 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Pianese is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad26 Apr 2027
At 21, Lorenzo Berardi is already the best thing here
An average of 7.01 in a first team he is several years too young for. Pianese have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad26 Apr 2027
“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.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Luca Fabrizi 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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Crisis
Market19 Apr 2027
“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.
Match17 Apr 2027
No end in sight to Pianese's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Pianese has to find a result from somewhere.
Match17 Apr 2027
A bad afternoon for Pianese against Arezzo
1-3 to Arezzo, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad19 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Lorenzo Coccia
“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.
Squad19 Apr 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Gabriel Guri knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Squad19 Apr 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Pianese, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
Market12 Apr 2027
Simone Ianesi 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 Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Match10 Apr 2027
No end in sight to Pianese's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Pianese has to find a result from somewhere.
Match10 Apr 2027
A 1-1 draw with Livorno leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Crisis
Boardroom5 Apr 2027
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Match5 Apr 2027
Pianese sink to position 16
30 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market5 Apr 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Match3 Apr 2027
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad5 Apr 2027
The medical room confirms 35 days on the sidelines for Sandro Batereanu, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad5 Apr 2027
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Pianese pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
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Crisis
Boardroom29 Mar 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Pianese
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market29 Mar 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Market29 Mar 2027
Manuel Tirelli has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Pianese they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad29 Mar 2027
A season average of 7.02 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Pianese know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Squad29 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Luca Fabrizi
“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
0-1 to Vis Pesaro, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The terraces29 Mar 2027
Everybody has an opinion about Lorenzo Masetti
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Market29 Mar 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Pianese know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Luca Ercolani knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Pianese, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
Market22 Mar 2027
Marco Bertini 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 Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
The terraces22 Mar 2027
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 6 of the 30 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Match20 Mar 2027
Beaten 0-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad22 Mar 2027
“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.
Squad22 Mar 2027
15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Leonardo Bellini 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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Upbeat
Market15 Mar 2027
Simone Ianesi 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 Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Squad15 Mar 2027
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.
Match13 Mar 2027
A 2-1 win over Pineto, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad15 Mar 2027
“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.
Squad15 Mar 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad15 Mar 2027
A new face in his position, and Lorenzo Berardi suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Pianese have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Crisis
Match8 Mar 2027
Pianese are in real trouble now
Position 16, 27 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market8 Mar 2027
“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.
Match6 Mar 2027
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“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.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
Pianese pull $52.8K back off the table
The money that was there in the summer is not there now. Nobody upstairs calls this a change of ambition, and everybody downstairs reads it as one.
Market8 Mar 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Matteo Colombo may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Uneasy
Boardroom1 Mar 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Pianese
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market1 Mar 2027
“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.
Market1 Mar 2027
Manuel Tirelli has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Pianese they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad1 Mar 2027
A season average of 7.04 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Pianese know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Squad1 Mar 2027
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Emiliano Filippis will call it something else in private.
Squad1 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Luca Simeoni
“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.
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Crisis
Market22 Feb 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Match20 Feb 2027
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad22 Feb 2027
The medical room confirms 44 days on the sidelines for Willames José, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad22 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Easton Ongaro
“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.
Boardroom22 Feb 2027
Wages eat 98% of everything Pianese 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.
Squad22 Feb 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Pianese, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market15 Feb 2027
Simone Ianesi 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 Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Squad15 Feb 2027
“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.
Match13 Feb 2027
Pianese get the job done against Forli
A 2-1 win over Forli, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad15 Feb 2027
“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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Simone Ianesi wants a proper job in this side
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Simone Ianesi has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Pianese know, and have known for weeks.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Luca Simeoni knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Pianese, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Market8 Feb 2027
“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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
There were 6 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Marco Bertini: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Pianese have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match6 Feb 2027
Three points for Pianese, 1-0 the final word against Pontedera in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad8 Feb 2027
“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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Pianese have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Pianese pull $52.8K back off the table
The money that was there in the summer is not there now. Nobody upstairs calls this a change of ambition, and everybody downstairs reads it as one.
Market8 Feb 2027
Pianese have made Alex Mancini available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Crisis
Boardroom1 Feb 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Pianese
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Match30 Jan 2027
7 matches without a win for Pianese
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Pianese are no longer polite ones.
Market1 Feb 2027
Luca Ercolani 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 Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Michael Mortume: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Pianese have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market1 Feb 2027
Manuel Tirelli has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Pianese they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad1 Feb 2027
At 20, Lorenzo Berardi is already the best thing here
An average of 7.03 in a first team he is several years too young for. Pianese have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Match30 Jan 2027
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Luca Fabrizi knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Pianese, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad1 Feb 2027
One booking too many, and Luca Fabrizi sits out. Pianese lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
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Crisis
Match25 Jan 2027
Pianese sink to position 17
19 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market25 Jan 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Match23 Jan 2027
6 matches without a win for Pianese
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Pianese are no longer polite ones.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Lorenzo Vigiani: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Pianese have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match23 Jan 2027
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad25 Jan 2027
The medical room confirms 74 days on the sidelines for Willames José, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Wages eat 116% of everything Pianese 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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
16 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad25 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Christian Sussi
“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.
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Uneasy
Market18 Jan 2027
Simone Ianesi 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 Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Match16 Jan 2027
5 matches without a win for Pianese
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Pianese are no longer polite ones.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Lorenzo Peli 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
Squad11 Jan 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Pianese have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market11 Jan 2027
Marco Bertini 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 Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Squad11 Jan 2027
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.
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Uneasy
Market4 Jan 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom4 Jan 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Pianese
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Luca Simeoni: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Pianese have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad4 Jan 2027
A season average of 7.00 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Pianese know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“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.
Match2 Jan 2027
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
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Crisis
Match28 Dec 2026
Pianese are in real trouble now
Position 16, 17 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market28 Dec 2026
“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.
Squad28 Dec 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.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
Wages eat 263% of everything Pianese 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.
Squad28 Dec 2026
The medical room confirms 102 days on the sidelines for Willames José, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Luca Fabrizi 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
Market21 Dec 2026
Simone Ianesi 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 Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Match19 Dec 2026
A bad afternoon for Pianese against Arezzo
0-2 to Arezzo, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad21 Dec 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.
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Uneasy
Match12 Dec 2026
Livorno made Pianese work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Luca Simeoni 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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Leonardo Bellini 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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Crisis
Match5 Dec 2026
No end in sight to Pianese's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Pianese has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad7 Dec 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.
Match5 Dec 2026
A bad afternoon for Pianese against Torres
0-1 to Torres, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
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Uneasy
Market30 Nov 2026
“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.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
324% of the income goes out in wages at Pianese
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad30 Nov 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.
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Uneasy
Market23 Nov 2026
Simone Ianesi 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 Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Squad23 Nov 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.
Match21 Nov 2026
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
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Uneasy
Squad16 Nov 2026
Marco Bertini: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Pianese have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad16 Nov 2026
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Gabriel Guri knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Squad16 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 Pianese, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Match4 Nov 2026
The cup run ends for Pianese
1-2 against AC Milan, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Match7 Nov 2026
Three points for Pianese, 3-1 the final word against Campobasso in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad9 Nov 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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Pianese have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad9 Nov 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad9 Nov 2026
At 20 years old, Alessandro Lamorte became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
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Crisis
Match31 Oct 2026
6 matches without a win for Pianese
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Pianese are no longer polite ones.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
324% of the income goes out in wages at Pianese
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Luca Fabrizi 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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Uneasy
Market26 Oct 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Match24 Oct 2026
5 matches without a win for Pianese
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Pianese are no longer polite ones.
Squad26 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Michael Mortume
“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.
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Crisis
Market19 Oct 2026
“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.
Match17 Oct 2026
4 matches without a win for Pianese
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Pianese are no longer polite ones.
Match17 Oct 2026
A bad afternoon for Pianese against Forli
0-1 to Forli, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
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Steady
Squad12 Oct 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.
Squad12 Oct 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.
Match10 Oct 2026
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
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Steady
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
595% of the income goes out in wages at Pianese
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad5 Oct 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.
Match3 Oct 2026
It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad5 Oct 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 Pianese, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market5 Oct 2026
Experience through the door at Pianese
Willames José arrives at 36 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Market5 Oct 2026
Pianese bring in an old head
Guillaume Dequaire 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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Steady
Match23 Sep 2026
Cup progress for Pianese
A 1-0 win over Arezzo, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Market28 Sep 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Match26 Sep 2026
Gubbio left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad28 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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
At 21 years old, Mamadou Baldé became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
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Steady
Squad21 Sep 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match19 Sep 2026
Bra made Pianese work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad21 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Lorenzo Peli
“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.
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Crisis
Match12 Sep 2026
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad14 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
Gabriel Guri lets one through his hands
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
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Uneasy
Squad7 Sep 2026
A one-man rearguard from Gabriel Guri
There were 6 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
“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.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 351% of everything Pianese 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Lorenzo Coccia
“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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Market7 Sep 2026
Alex Mancini is 17, and Pianese 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.
Match5 Sep 2026
A 1-1 draw with Guidonia Montecelio leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The captaincy has been taken off Luca Fabrizi. Pianese will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Market7 Sep 2026
Pianese have made Alessandro Reali available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Uneasy
Market31 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Pianese can pretend not to have heard.
Market31 Aug 2026
Jacopo Busi is 20, and Pianese 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jacopo Busi and Pianese agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market31 Aug 2026
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Matteo Gorelli has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Pianese.
Match29 Aug 2026
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Perugia came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Squad31 Aug 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.
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Steady
Market24 Aug 2026
“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.
Market24 Aug 2026
He is 20, and nobody at Pianese signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market24 Aug 2026
He is 16, and nobody at Pianese signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market24 Aug 2026
Mauro Sorrentino is 16, and Pianese 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alessandro Lamorte commits to Pianese for another 3 years.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A new face in his position, and Simone Ianesi suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Pianese have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Steady
Market17 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Simone Ianesi has company in his position
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Simone Ianesi keeps the shirt for now, at Pianese's convenience rather than his own.
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Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Pianese have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Simone Ianesi and Pianese agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 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.
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Steady
Market3 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Luca Simeoni commits to Pianese for another 2 years.
Market3 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.