Marked for Daniel Abello
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad20 Mar 2028
86 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Player ratings20 Mar 2028
A defender's afternoon for Junior Huerto
Defensive actions: 23. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad20 Mar 2028
Tempers go at UTC
Bruno Duarte 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 ratings20 Mar 2028
A performance of 9.11 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad20 Mar 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jonathan Bilbao, and the manager let it.
Match18 Mar 2028
It finished 1‑0, and it was Adolfo Muñoz’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to UTC.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match8 Mar 2028
The cup run ends for UTC
0‑1 against Cesar Vallejo, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Squad13 Mar 2028
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at UTC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match11 Mar 2028
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Ronald Huamán. 2‑1 against Alianza Lima, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings13 Mar 2028
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.91, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad13 Mar 2028
“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 ratings13 Mar 2028
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings13 Mar 2028
A performance of 8.38 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Daniel Abello 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.
Player ratings13 Mar 2028
A mark of 5.68 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.
In brief
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Squad
Daniel Abello has seen what the next man earns
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Boardroom
The UTC dressing room answers
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Boardroom
The UTC production line keeps running
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad14 Feb 2028
Bruno Duarte 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 UTC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings14 Feb 2028
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.12, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings14 Feb 2028
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.95, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Match12 Feb 2028
UTC get the job done against Ayacucho
A 2‑0 win over Ayacucho, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings14 Feb 2028
Defensive actions: 20. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad14 Feb 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Daniel Abello, and the manager let it.
Player ratings14 Feb 2028
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad14 Feb 2028
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. UTC have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad14 Feb 2028
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. UTC have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
In brief
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The terraces
The press cannot get enough of Marcos Lliuya
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Boardroom
The UTC production line keeps running
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The terraces
Felipe Frazzi has his own song now
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad10 Jan 2028
Adolfo Muñoz 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 UTC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Jan 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at UTC, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad10 Jan 2028
A new face in his position, and Marcos Lliuya suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. UTC have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market13 Dec 2027
$810.0K from Melgar for Manuel Ganoza. Money is money, but the dressing room has lost the man it looked to.
Market13 Dec 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Bruno Duarte 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 UTC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market13 Dec 2027
At 33, he has seen every situation this season can produce, twice. The legs will be managed; the head is the purchase.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Somebody is after Bruno Duarte’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Bruno Duarte suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. UTC have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Market13 Dec 2027
“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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market22 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.
Squad22 Nov 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Mitre this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Loan watch22 Nov 2027
“I did not go to Tristán Suárez to sit and watch. I want to come back to Mitre and fight for my place.” 9 appearances in 45 matches say the rest.
Squad22 Nov 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 Mitre, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market22 Nov 2027
Mitre have made Enzo Avaro available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Squad22 Nov 2027
He looks like a man who lives here now rather than one who is working here. It took most of a season, and at Mitre the difference is visible from the back of the stand.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market25 Oct 2027
Daniel Abello 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 Mitre can pretend not to have heard.
Squad25 Oct 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Mitre this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Loan watch25 Oct 2027
“I did not go to Tristán Suárez to sit and watch. I want to come back to Mitre and fight for my place.” 9 appearances in 41 matches say the rest.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Boardroom18 Oct 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Mitre
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
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.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Mitre
Rodrigo González 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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market11 Oct 2027
“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 Mitre, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad11 Oct 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Mitre this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom11 Oct 2027
Mitre counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Mitre now.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Iván Antunes 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 Mitre, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market11 Oct 2027
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Rodrigo González’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Market11 Oct 2027
Mitre have let the market know Tiago Ferreyra can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Boardroom4 Oct 2027
Tomás Moreno has until the next board meeting
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Mitre can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Market4 Oct 2027
“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 Mitre, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad4 Oct 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Mitre this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Juan Alessandroni and Mitre agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Boardroom4 Oct 2027
186% of the income goes out in wages at Mitre
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.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Daniel Abello knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Daniel Abello trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match25 Sep 2027
10 matches without a win for Mitre
The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around Mitre are no longer polite ones.
Market27 Sep 2027
Daniel Abello 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 Mitre can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings27 Sep 2027
Enzo Avaro runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad27 Sep 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Mitre this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match25 Sep 2027
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad27 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Iván Antunes
“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.
Loan watch27 Sep 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Mitre, and 9 appearances in 37 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Daniel Abello 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 Mitre, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Player ratings27 Sep 2027
Shots: 7, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match11 Sep 2027
The wait goes on for Mitre
8 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.
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
Nobody could get near Enzo Avaro
Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
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
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Mitre this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom13 Sep 2027
Mitre counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Mitre now.
Squad13 Sep 2027
4 goals and a season average of 7.28. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Match11 Sep 2027
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad13 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Joaquín Ledesma
“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.
Market13 Sep 2027
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Rodrigo González’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market30 Aug 2027
“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 Mitre, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match28 Aug 2027
6 matches without a win for Mitre
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Mitre are no longer polite ones.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad30 Aug 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Mitre this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.66, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Daniel Abello, and the manager let it.
Squad30 Aug 2027
5 goals and a season average of 7.33. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Loan watch30 Aug 2027
“I watch every Mitre game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Tristán Suárez runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Mitre
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
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.
Match21 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Mitre's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Mitre has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad23 Aug 2027
37 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad23 Aug 2027
26 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Mitre
Rodrigo González 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.
Match21 Aug 2027
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Enzo Avaro 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.
Squad23 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market16 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 Mitre can pretend not to have heard.
Match14 Aug 2027
The wait goes on for Mitre
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.
Squad16 Aug 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Mitre this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.89, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad16 Aug 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Martín Rodríguez, and the manager let it.
Match14 Aug 2027
It finished 2‑2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad16 Aug 2027
4 goals and a season average of 7.28. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Mitre counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Mitre now.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market9 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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Mitre
Rodrigo González 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.
Boardroom9 Aug 2027
Wages eat 163% of everything Mitre 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.
Squad9 Aug 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.
Player ratings9 Aug 2027
Nobody could get near Enzo Avaro
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings9 Aug 2027
Defensive actions: 16, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad9 Aug 2027
4 goals and a season average of 7.30. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
The terraces9 Aug 2027
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.
Match7 Aug 2027
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Agropecuario Argentino came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
Tomás Moreno has until the next board meeting
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Mitre can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Market2 Aug 2027
“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 Mitre, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad2 Aug 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Mitre this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad2 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.
Match31 Jul 2027
Mitre come up short against Morón
Morón left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Player ratings2 Aug 2027
Enzo Avaro 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.
Player ratings2 Aug 2027
Marked 8.10 — 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.
Loan watch2 Aug 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Mitre, and 4 appearances in 29 say he has earned the hearing.
Player ratings2 Aug 2027
Shots: 5, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Player ratings19 Jul 2027
Defensive actions: 39, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Market19 Jul 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 Mitre can pretend not to have heard.
Match17 Jul 2027
Nobody wants to play Mitre right now
3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Squad19 Jul 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Mitre this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings19 Jul 2027
Defensive actions: 20. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Player ratings19 Jul 2027
Enzo Avaro runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings19 Jul 2027
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.01, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad19 Jul 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market12 Jul 2027
“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 Mitre, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings12 Jul 2027
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Mitre
Rodrigo González 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 ratings12 Jul 2027
A performance of 9.50 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Boardroom12 Jul 2027
176% of the income goes out in wages at Mitre
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.
Match10 Jul 2027
It finished 1‑0, and it was Santiago Rosales’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Mitre.
Player ratings12 Jul 2027
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 18 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Defences have started doubling up on Rodrigo González
4 goals and a season average of 7.31 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Tiago Ferreyra 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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Boardroom28 Jun 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Mitre
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market28 Jun 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 Mitre can pretend not to have heard.
Match26 Jun 2027
The wait goes on for Mitre
5 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.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Tempers go at Mitre
Rodrigo González 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.
Squad28 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Luciano Jachfe
“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.
Match26 Jun 2027
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings28 Jun 2027
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings28 Jun 2027
Marked 5.10, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Iván Antunes 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market14 Jun 2027
“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 Mitre, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Tempers go at Mitre
Rodrigo González 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 ratings14 Jun 2027
Enzo Avaro runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom14 Jun 2027
188% of the income goes out in wages at Mitre
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.
Player ratings14 Jun 2027
Marked 8.89 — 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.
Squad14 Jun 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.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Defences have started doubling up on Rodrigo González
4 goals and a season average of 7.26 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Match12 Jun 2027
Mitre share the spoils with Colón
A 1‑1 draw with Colón leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Player ratings14 Jun 2027
Shots: 8, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market17 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.
Squad17 May 2027
Tempers go at Mitre
Rodrigo González 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.
Match15 May 2027
Estudiantes left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Boardroom17 May 2027
200% of the income goes out in wages at Mitre
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.
Player ratings17 May 2027
Marked 8.88 — 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.
Squad17 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Tiago Ferreyra
“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.
Squad17 May 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.
Player ratings17 May 2027
Enzo Avaro 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.
Squad17 May 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad12 Apr 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market12 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.
Squad12 Apr 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Mitre this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.93, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad12 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.
Loan watch12 Apr 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Mitre, and 3 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Tiago Ferreyra 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 Mitre, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market5 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.
Boardroom5 Apr 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Mitre
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Player ratings5 Apr 2027
Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Mitre
Luciano Jachfe 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 ratings5 Apr 2027
A performance of 9.18 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match3 Apr 2027
It finished 1‑0, and it was Enzo Avaro’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Mitre.
Player ratings5 Apr 2027
Defensive actions: 15, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Tiago Ferreyra 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 Mitre, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Player ratings5 Apr 2027
Defensive actions: 14, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
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Crisis
Match27 Mar 2027
8 matches without a win for Mitre
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Mitre are no longer polite ones.
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 Mitre can pretend not to have heard.
Squad29 Mar 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Mitre this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings29 Mar 2027
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match27 Mar 2027
Godoy Cruz left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad29 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.
Boardroom29 Mar 2027
The numbers do not look good at Mitre
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.
The terraces29 Mar 2027
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.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Daniel Abello 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 Mitre, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
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
The wait goes on for Mitre
5 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.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Nobody could get near Enzo Avaro
Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Mitre
Luciano Jachfe 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.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Juan Alessandroni and Mitre agree another 2 years.
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.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Defensive actions: 13, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Shots: 13, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
Match6 Mar 2027
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Defensores Unidos will be the happier side with the point.
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Crisis
Market1 Mar 2027
Enzo Avaro 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 Mitre can pretend not to have heard.
Match27 Feb 2027
No end in sight to Mitre's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Mitre has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad1 Mar 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Mitre this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match27 Feb 2027
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings1 Mar 2027
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.
Squad1 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Daniel Abello
“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.
Boardroom1 Mar 2027
The numbers do not look good at Mitre
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.
Squad1 Mar 2027
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Santiago Rosales trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market1 Mar 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Mitre know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Market8 Feb 2027
Daniel Abello 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 Mitre can pretend not to have heard.
Squad8 Feb 2027
There were 7 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
Tempers go at Mitre
Luciano Jachfe 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.
Market8 Feb 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Juan Manuel Lucero is a Mitre player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market8 Feb 2027
Kun is a Mitre player again
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.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.96, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Enzo Avaro 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.
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.
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Uneasy
Squad1 Feb 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Mitre this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad1 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.
Boardroom1 Feb 2027
The numbers do not look good at Mitre
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.
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Uneasy
Market11 Jan 2027
Daniel Abello 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 Mitre can pretend not to have heard.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Mitre
Luciano Jachfe 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.
Market11 Jan 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Mitre have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
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Uneasy
Squad21 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Mitre
Juan Alessandroni 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.
Market21 Dec 2026
The phone has started ringing about Nahuel Reyes again, and this time the name on the line is Morón. Mitre are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Claudio Salto, and the manager let it.
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Uneasy
Market23 Nov 2026
Daniel Abello 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 Mitre can pretend not to have heard.
Squad23 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Mitre this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gonzalo Córdoba, and the manager let it.
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Uneasy
Market5 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 Mitre can pretend not to have heard.
Squad5 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Mitre this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
1249% of the income goes out in wages at Mitre
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.