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.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Matteo Correia will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Defensor Sporting the goodbyes have quietly begun.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Defensor Sporting this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Marked 8.70 — 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.
Tacuarembo go through and Defensor Sporting go home, 1‑2 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Defensor Sporting is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Matías Abaldo 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.
Marked 9.58 — 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.
Marked 9.23 — 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.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Defensor Sporting have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“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 The request is on a desk at Defensor Sporting, and it is not being withdrawn.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Defensor Sporting they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Matías Abaldo 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.
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.
Boston River go through and Defensor Sporting go home, 2‑4 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
The terraces30 Jul 2029
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 8 of the 38 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Jean Lucas Severo will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Defensor Sporting the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Matías Abaldo 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.
Marked 8.64 — 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.
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.
In brief
SquadDefences have started doubling up on Nicolás Wunsch
“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 Defensor Sporting, and it is not being withdrawn.
Matías Abaldo 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.
Add another name to the list: Artigas have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Mateo Ibarra. The answer from Defensor Sporting has not changed — yet.
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.
“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 Defensor Sporting, and it is not being withdrawn.
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.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Defensor Sporting this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Marked 8.86 — 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.
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Valentín Rodríguez. 2‑0 against Miramar Misiones, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Defensor Sporting, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Defensor Sporting they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Defensor Sporting can pretend not to have heard.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Defensor Sporting this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Marked 8.87 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
“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 Defensor Sporting, and it is not being withdrawn.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Fabián Cristaldo will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Defensor Sporting the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Lucas Agazzi 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.
Marked 8.27 — 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.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Germán Barrios will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Defensor Sporting the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Defensor Sporting moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Carlos Rodriguez, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Nicolás Wunsch and Defensor Sporting agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Defensor Sporting this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The shirt still fits. Lucas Coates is back at Defensor Sporting, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
The shirt still fits. Jose Bentancur is back at Defensor Sporting, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Valentín Rodríguez. 2‑1 against Albion, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
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.
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Defensor Sporting has to find a result from somewhere.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Matteo Correia will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Defensor Sporting the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Lucas Agazzi 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.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Defensor Sporting is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Matías Abaldo 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.
Add another name to the list: Cerrito have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Matteo Correia. The answer from Defensor Sporting has not changed — yet.
Marked 8.26 — 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.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Defensor Sporting have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Defensor Sporting this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Marked 8.68 — 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.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Defensor Sporting have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
The offer from Uruguay Montevideo for Kevin Altez 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.
The chase for Ezequiel Burdin ended with $380.0K changing hands and Albion out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Matías Abaldo 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.
Marked 9.37 — 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.
Marked 8.96 — 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.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Defensor Sporting can pretend not to have heard.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Defensor Sporting they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Matías Abaldo 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.
Add another name to the list: Cerrito have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Matteo Correia. The answer from Defensor Sporting has not changed — yet.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Defensor Sporting this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Marked 9.77 — 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.