Marked for Junior González
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match27 Dec 2027
6 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market27 Dec 2027
José Miers 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 12 de Octubre can pretend not to have heard.
Squad27 Dec 2027
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason 12 de Octubre will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad27 Dec 2027
José Miers 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 12 de Octubre this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad27 Dec 2027
Words at 12 de Octubre training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Fernando Noguera is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad13 Dec 2027
Rodrigo Burgos 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.
Squad13 Dec 2027
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Squad13 Dec 2027
A season on the outside for Léo Índio
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at General Caballero has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
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Uneasy
Squad2 Aug 2027
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason General Caballero will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
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 The request is on a desk at General Caballero, and it is not being withdrawn.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 General Caballero this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
No sign of nerves from Thomas Rearte at 21 — 7.61
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Thomas Rearte did not need any: 7.61, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad19 Apr 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” General Caballero may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad19 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 General Caballero this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match17 Apr 2027
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between General Caballero and Libertad, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Squad19 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.
Match17 Apr 2027
3‑3, 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
Steady
Squad28 Dec 2026
Matías Adamy breaks a bone — 105 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 105 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market28 Dec 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad28 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at General Caballero this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad21 Dec 2026
A fracture rules Matías Adamy out for 113 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason General Caballero will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market21 Dec 2026
The paperwork is done: Mateo Jara joins from Sportivo Luqueno in a deal worth $77.0K. Now comes the harder part.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Rodrigo Burgos 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
Steady
Squad7 Dec 2026
Alberto Martínez damages knee ligaments — 17 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 17 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad7 Dec 2026
A fracture rules Matías Adamy out for 129 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason General Caballero will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Rodrigo Burgos 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.