Marked for Misael Tarón
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market28 May 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ferro Carril Oeste can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings28 May 2029
Defensive actions: 24. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Player ratings28 May 2029
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 24 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad28 May 2029
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Ferro Carril Oeste are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad28 May 2029
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom28 May 2029
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.
Player ratings28 May 2029
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.00, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings28 May 2029
A performance of 8.16 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
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Steady
Market21 May 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ferro Carril Oeste can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings21 May 2029
A defender's afternoon for Misael Tarón
Defensive actions: 25. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad21 May 2029
Francisco Garrido 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.
Squad21 May 2029
Mateo Acosta gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings21 May 2029
Defensive actions: 18. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad21 May 2029
6 goals and a season average of 7.22. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Player ratings21 May 2029
Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match19 May 2029
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. San Martín will be the happier side with the point.
Player ratings21 May 2029
Defensive actions: 11, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Player ratings30 Apr 2029
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 38 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad30 Apr 2029
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.
Squad30 Apr 2029
Mateo Acosta 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 ratings30 Apr 2029
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom30 Apr 2029
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.
Player ratings30 Apr 2029
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 20 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad30 Apr 2029
“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 ratings30 Apr 2029
A performance of 8.28 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match18 Apr 2029
1‑2 against Independiente Rivadavia, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Squad23 Apr 2029
Oyinlola Kayode: 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.” Ferro Carril Oeste have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Player ratings23 Apr 2029
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 30 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Market23 Apr 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ferro Carril Oeste can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings23 Apr 2029
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad23 Apr 2029
Fernando Monetti 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 Apr 2029
A 1‑0 win over Los Andes, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings23 Apr 2029
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.41, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings23 Apr 2029
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.26, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Player ratings2 Apr 2029
A defender's afternoon for Misael Tarón
Defensive actions: 24. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad2 Apr 2029
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom2 Apr 2029
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.
Player ratings2 Apr 2029
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.94, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Match31 Mar 2029
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Francisco Cuzzani. 2‑0 against San Miguel, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad2 Apr 2029
The manager makes an example of Gabriel Ayala
“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.
Squad2 Apr 2029
The award goes to Nicolás Raggio, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.
Player ratings2 Apr 2029
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 16 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad2 Apr 2029
The captaincy has been taken off Matías Kabalín. Ferro Carril Oeste will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad19 Mar 2029
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.
Market19 Mar 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings19 Mar 2029
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 27 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad19 Mar 2029
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings19 Mar 2029
A performance of 9.04 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings19 Mar 2029
Marked 8.85 — 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.
Squad19 Mar 2029
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mateo Acosta, and the manager let it.
Match17 Mar 2029
A 2‑0 win over Deportivo Riestra, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings19 Mar 2029
Marked 8.37 — 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.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market12 Mar 2029
“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 Ferro Carril Oeste, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings12 Mar 2029
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 30 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad12 Mar 2029
Mateo Acosta 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 Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad12 Mar 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Alan Lombardi and Ferro Carril Oeste agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Player ratings12 Mar 2029
Marked 9.16 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings12 Mar 2029
A performance of 8.10 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad12 Mar 2029
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Matías Kabalín, and the manager let it.
Player ratings12 Mar 2029
Shots: 7, 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
Market19 Feb 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ferro Carril Oeste can pretend not to have heard.
Squad19 Feb 2029
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.
Match17 Feb 2029
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Player ratings19 Feb 2029
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 21 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad19 Feb 2029
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings19 Feb 2029
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 ratings19 Feb 2029
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.76, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings19 Feb 2029
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 17 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market12 Feb 2029
“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 Ferro Carril Oeste, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings12 Feb 2029
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 21 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad12 Feb 2029
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad12 Feb 2029
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mateo Acosta, and the manager let it.
Player ratings12 Feb 2029
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.82, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings12 Feb 2029
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.09, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings12 Feb 2029
Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad12 Feb 2029
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Ferro Carril Oeste have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market5 Feb 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ferro Carril Oeste can pretend not to have heard.
Squad5 Feb 2029
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market5 Feb 2029
The shirt still fits. Liam Muñoz is back at Ferro Carril Oeste, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market5 Feb 2029
As if he never left: Manco returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Manco is a Ferro Carril Oeste player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market5 Feb 2029
The shirt still fits. Daniel Benítez is back at Ferro Carril Oeste, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Player ratings5 Feb 2029
Defensive actions: 22, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
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.
Player ratings5 Feb 2029
Defensive actions: 20, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom29 Jan 2029
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Market29 Jan 2029
“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 Ferro Carril Oeste, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad29 Jan 2029
Fernando Monetti 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
Uneasy
Boardroom1 Jan 2029
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Ferro Carril Oeste is running low.
Squad1 Jan 2029
There are footballers who have a good season and footballers a season is remembered for, and the second kind get their names read out in a hall in the summer. Ferro Carril Oeste will be quietly delighted and privately nervous.
Market1 Jan 2029
“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.
Squad1 Jan 2029
Mateo Acosta 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 Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad1 Jan 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ignacio Soto and Ferro Carril Oeste agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market1 Jan 2029
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Ferro Carril Oeste know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market6 Nov 2028
“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 Ferro Carril Oeste, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market6 Nov 2028
Lautaro Kapij has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ferro Carril Oeste they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad6 Nov 2028
Fernando Monetti 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.
Squad6 Nov 2028
Matías Zubowicz 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.
Market6 Nov 2028
2 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Ferro Carril Oeste money.
Market6 Nov 2028
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Sebastián Corda may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market9 Oct 2028
“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 Ferro Carril Oeste, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market9 Oct 2028
Only the photograph left for Lautaro Kapij
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Lautaro Kapij will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Ferro Carril Oeste the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad9 Oct 2028
Fernando Monetti 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.
Squad9 Oct 2028
Mateo Acosta 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 Mateo Acosta trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market9 Oct 2028
The clock does Tiago Esidín’s negotiating for him
3 months left, and both sides know what that means: every week without a signature, the fee Ferro Carril Oeste could ask drops and the wages Tiago Esidín can ask rise.
Squad9 Oct 2028
Tiago Esidín has seen what the next man earns
Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Ferro Carril Oeste that is a harder question to answer.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market18 Sep 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings18 Sep 2028
Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market18 Sep 2028
Only the photograph left for Tobías Pérez
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Tobías Pérez will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Ferro Carril Oeste the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Match16 Sep 2028
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Ferro Carril Oeste did not have in the autumn.
Squad18 Sep 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 Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom18 Sep 2028
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.
Squad18 Sep 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ángel González, and the manager let it.
Loan watch18 Sep 2028
“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 Ferro Carril Oeste, and 4 appearances in 33 say he has earned the hearing.
Match16 Sep 2028
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match28 Aug 2028
48 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Martín Campos is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.61 with 13 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Market28 Aug 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings28 Aug 2028
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 23 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad28 Aug 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 Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings28 Aug 2028
Defensive actions: 21, 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 ratings28 Aug 2028
Marked 9.04 — 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 watch28 Aug 2028
“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 Ferro Carril Oeste, and 6 appearances in 29 say he has earned the hearing.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Player ratings14 Aug 2028
Defensive actions: 30, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Market14 Aug 2028
“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 Ferro Carril Oeste, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Martín Campos is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.55 with 11 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Market14 Aug 2028
Only the photograph left for Lautaro Kapij
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Lautaro Kapij will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Ferro Carril Oeste the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad14 Aug 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 Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings14 Aug 2028
A defender's afternoon for Nicolás Gómez
Defensive actions: 22. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Player ratings14 Aug 2028
A performance of 8.72 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match12 Aug 2028
A 1‑0 win over Los Andes, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings14 Aug 2028
Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market7 Aug 2028
“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 Ferro Carril Oeste, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad7 Aug 2028
145 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market7 Aug 2028
Máximo Magnoli has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ferro Carril Oeste they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Emanuel Dening 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 ratings7 Aug 2028
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom7 Aug 2028
139% of the income goes out in wages at Ferro Carril Oeste
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.
Squad7 Aug 2028
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Ferro Carril Oeste have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
Player ratings7 Aug 2028
The afternoon belonged to Misael Tarón
A mark of 7.90, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Loan watch7 Aug 2028
“I did not go to Orlando City to sit and watch. I want to come back to Ferro Carril Oeste and fight for my place.” 8 appearances in 20 matches say the rest.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad31 Jul 2028
There were 11 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.
Market31 Jul 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ferro Carril Oeste can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings31 Jul 2028
Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad31 Jul 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 Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match29 Jul 2028
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad31 Jul 2028
The manager makes an example of Nazareno Kihm
“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 ratings31 Jul 2028
A performance of 8.58 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Loan watch31 Jul 2028
“I did not go to MFK Michalovce to sit and watch. I want to come back to Ferro Carril Oeste and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 25 matches say the rest.
Squad31 Jul 2028
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
Market26 Jun 2028
Misael Tarón 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 Ferro Carril Oeste can pretend not to have heard.
Market26 Jun 2028
Ulises Yegros has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ferro Carril Oeste they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Player ratings26 Jun 2028
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad26 Jun 2028
Emanuel Dening 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 ratings26 Jun 2028
A defender's afternoon for Ulises Yegros
Defensive actions: 22. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Boardroom26 Jun 2028
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Ferro Carril Oeste now.
Player ratings26 Jun 2028
Defensive actions: 19. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Player ratings26 Jun 2028
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 19 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Loan watch26 Jun 2028
“I did not go to Apollon to sit and watch. I want to come back to Ferro Carril Oeste and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 21 matches say the rest.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market5 Jun 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings5 Jun 2028
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 25 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Player ratings5 Jun 2028
A defender's afternoon for Misael Tarón
Defensive actions: 24. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad5 Jun 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 Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings5 Jun 2028
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market5 Jun 2028
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Ferro Carril Oeste will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Player ratings5 Jun 2028
Marked 8.91 — 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.
Squad5 Jun 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mateo Acosta, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market22 May 2028
“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 May 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 Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings22 May 2028
A performance of 9.06 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings22 May 2028
Marked 8.84 — 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.
Squad22 May 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nicolás Montiel, and the manager let it.
Squad22 May 2028
5 goals and a season average of 7.33. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Match20 May 2028
2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Player ratings22 May 2028
Shots: 8, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
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Uneasy
Player ratings8 May 2028
Defensive actions: 27. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Market8 May 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ferro Carril Oeste can pretend not to have heard.
Squad8 May 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 Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings8 May 2028
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings8 May 2028
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.00, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings8 May 2028
A performance of 8.12 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Loan watch8 May 2028
“I watch every Ferro Carril Oeste game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at MFK Michalovce runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
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Crisis
Market1 May 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ferro Carril Oeste can pretend not to have heard.
Squad1 May 2028
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.
Market1 May 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ferro Carril Oeste they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad1 May 2028
Emanuel Dening 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 ratings1 May 2028
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom1 May 2028
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Ferro Carril Oeste now.
Match29 Apr 2028
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad1 May 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.
Loan watch1 May 2028
“I did not go to Apollon to sit and watch. I want to come back to Ferro Carril Oeste and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.
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Steady
Player ratings24 Apr 2028
A defender's afternoon for Misael Tarón
Defensive actions: 37. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Match19 Apr 2028
Godoy Cruz go through and Ferro Carril Oeste go home, 0‑2 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Market24 Apr 2028
“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 Ferro Carril Oeste, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market24 Apr 2028
Emiliano Ozuna has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ferro Carril Oeste they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Player ratings24 Apr 2028
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 24 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad24 Apr 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 Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings24 Apr 2028
A performance of 9.55 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad24 Apr 2028
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Fernando Monetti knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Player ratings24 Apr 2028
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
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Steady
Player ratings17 Apr 2028
Successful dribbles: 30. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market17 Apr 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ferro Carril Oeste can pretend not to have heard.
Market17 Apr 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Ferro Carril Oeste is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match15 Apr 2028
The unbeaten run reaches 8. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Fernando Monetti 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.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
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.
Player ratings17 Apr 2028
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.35, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad17 Apr 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ulises Yegros, and the manager let it.
Match15 Apr 2028
It finished 2‑2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
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Steady
Player ratings10 Apr 2028
Defensive actions: 28, 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 ratings10 Apr 2028
Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market10 Apr 2028
“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.
Match8 Apr 2028
7 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad10 Apr 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 Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings10 Apr 2028
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 20 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad10 Apr 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.
Loan watch10 Apr 2028
“I watch every Ferro Carril Oeste game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at MFK Michalovce runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad10 Apr 2028
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Nicolás Retamar trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Steady
Market27 Mar 2028
“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.
Market27 Mar 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Ferro Carril Oeste is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad27 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 Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings27 Mar 2028
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 ratings27 Mar 2028
Defensive actions: 20, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings27 Mar 2028
Marked 8.07 — 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.
Squad27 Mar 2028
26 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Player ratings27 Mar 2028
Defensive actions: 18, 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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Uneasy
Match11 Mar 2028
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Ferro Carril Oeste has to find a result from somewhere.
Market13 Mar 2028
“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 Ferro Carril Oeste, and it is not being withdrawn.
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 Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings13 Mar 2028
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 22 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Market13 Mar 2028
The name of Santino Dudar has come up in conversations Ferro Carril Oeste were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Player ratings13 Mar 2028
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings13 Mar 2028
Marked 7.76 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Ferro Carril Oeste had the best player on the pitch.
Loan watch13 Mar 2028
“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 Ferro Carril Oeste, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
Player ratings13 Mar 2028
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.
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Uneasy
Match4 Mar 2028
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Ferro Carril Oeste are no longer polite ones.
Market6 Mar 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ferro Carril Oeste they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market6 Mar 2028
“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.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Mateo Acosta 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 Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom6 Mar 2028
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Ferro Carril Oeste now.
Player ratings6 Mar 2028
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad6 Mar 2028
The manager makes an example of Nicolás Retamar
“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.
Match4 Mar 2028
A 1‑1 draw with Tristán Suárez leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
The terraces6 Mar 2028
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.
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Uneasy
Match26 Feb 2028
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Ferro Carril Oeste has to find a result from somewhere.
Market28 Feb 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings28 Feb 2028
A defender's afternoon for Misael Tarón
Defensive actions: 24. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad28 Feb 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 Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings28 Feb 2028
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 20 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad28 Feb 2028
54 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad28 Feb 2028
The manager makes an example of Santiago García
“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 ratings28 Feb 2028
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings28 Feb 2028
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.79 on the card, and the Ferro Carril Oeste support went home talking about one name.
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Uneasy
Market31 Jan 2028
Misael Tarón 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 Ferro Carril Oeste can pretend not to have heard.
Market31 Jan 2028
The offer from Al Ahli for Santino Dudar was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad31 Jan 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 Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market31 Jan 2028
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Ferro Carril Oeste have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Loan watch31 Jan 2028
“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 Ferro Carril Oeste, and 1 appearances in 0 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad31 Jan 2028
Misael Tarón 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 Ferro Carril Oeste, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market24 Jan 2028
“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.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Mateo Acosta 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 Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom24 Jan 2028
137% of the income goes out in wages at Ferro Carril Oeste
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.
Squad24 Jan 2028
The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Nahuel Flamenco, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Misael Tarón 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 Ferro Carril Oeste, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market10 Jan 2028
“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 Jan 2028
The offer from Apollon for Francisco Garrido was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Emanuel Dening 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.
Boardroom10 Jan 2028
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Ferro Carril Oeste now.
Market10 Jan 2028
The name of Leonel Szalich has come up in conversations Ferro Carril Oeste were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
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Uneasy
Boardroom3 Jan 2028
The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. Jorge Colombo has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.
Market3 Jan 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ferro Carril Oeste can pretend not to have heard.
Market3 Jan 2028
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Arsenal moved on, Francisco Prieto reports back to Ferro Carril Oeste, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Squad3 Jan 2028
Mateo Acosta 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 Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market3 Jan 2028
Add another name to the list: Zira have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Francisco Garrido. The answer from Ferro Carril Oeste has not changed — yet.
Squad3 Jan 2028
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Lautaro Puma and Ferro Carril Oeste agree another 3 years.
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Uneasy
Market13 Dec 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.
Market13 Dec 2027
Lautaro Puma has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ferro Carril Oeste they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Mateo Acosta 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.
Boardroom13 Dec 2027
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.
Market13 Dec 2027
Business is business: Lucas Ruiz goes
Talleres paid $210.0K and Ferro Carril Oeste took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Loan watch13 Dec 2027
34 appearances at Deportes Tolima and the goals keep coming. Ferro Carril Oeste are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Misael Tarón 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 Ferro Carril Oeste, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market13 Dec 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Juan Orellana may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Santiago García has done the arithmetic and does not like the answer. Nothing corrodes a squad faster, and no club has ever solved it by explaining the wage structure to a footballer.
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Uneasy
Boardroom6 Dec 2027
The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. Jorge Colombo has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.
Market6 Dec 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.
Market6 Dec 2027
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Francisco Garrido will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Ferro Carril Oeste the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Emanuel Dening 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.
Market6 Dec 2027
Talleres are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Ferro Carril Oeste will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Loan watch6 Dec 2027
“I watch every Ferro Carril Oeste game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Rosario Central runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Misael Tarón 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 Ferro Carril Oeste, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The terraces6 Dec 2027
The stands have heard the Martín Campos talk too
What was a back-page story is now a matter for the terraces, and the terraces do not do nuance. Ferro Carril Oeste would like it dealt with before it becomes the only question anybody asks.
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Uneasy
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Market25 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 Ferro Carril Oeste can pretend not to have heard.
Squad25 Oct 2027
The medical room confirms 80 days on the sidelines for Mateo Acosta, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market25 Oct 2027
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Matías Pandiella will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Ferro Carril Oeste the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Emanuel Dening 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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Misael Tarón 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 Misael Tarón trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Uneasy
Market18 Oct 2027
Nicolás Gómez 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 Ferro Carril Oeste can pretend not to have heard.
Market18 Oct 2027
Lautaro Puma has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ferro Carril Oeste they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad18 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 Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Loan watch18 Oct 2027
34 appearances at Deportes Tolima and the goals keep coming. Ferro Carril Oeste are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Boardroom18 Oct 2027
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.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Misael Tarón 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 Ferro Carril Oeste, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
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 Ferro Carril Oeste can pretend not to have heard.
Market11 Oct 2027
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Francisco Garrido will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Ferro Carril Oeste the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Mateo Acosta 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 Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Loan watch11 Oct 2027
“I watch every Ferro Carril Oeste game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Rosario Central runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
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 Ferro Carril Oeste, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Lautaro Parisi has done the arithmetic and does not like the answer. Nothing corrodes a squad faster, and no club has ever solved it by explaining the wage structure to a footballer.
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Upbeat
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
Jorge Colombo has until the next board meeting
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Ferro Carril Oeste can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Market6 Sep 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 Ferro Carril Oeste can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings6 Sep 2027
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 27 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Match4 Sep 2027
The unbeaten run reaches 8. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Defences have started doubling up on Martín Campos
12 goals and a season average of 7.49 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Market6 Sep 2027
Bautista Morel has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ferro Carril Oeste they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad6 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 Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings6 Sep 2027
Marked 8.93 — 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.
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Uneasy
Market26 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 Ferro Carril Oeste, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad26 Jul 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.
Player ratings26 Jul 2027
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market26 Jul 2027
Luca Castillo has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ferro Carril Oeste they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad26 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 Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad26 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Federico Tevez
“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 ratings26 Jul 2027
One of those days for Enzo Hoyos
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.44, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings26 Jul 2027
A performance of 8.39 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match24 Jul 2027
2‑2, 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
Boardroom5 Jul 2027
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Ferro Carril Oeste is running low.
Market5 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 Ferro Carril Oeste, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings5 Jul 2027
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market5 Jul 2027
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Matías Pandiella will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Ferro Carril Oeste the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Emanuel Dening 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.
Market5 Jul 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Ferro Carril Oeste have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Player ratings5 Jul 2027
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.60, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ulises Yegros, and the manager let it.
Match3 Jul 2027
A 1‑1 draw with Racing leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.