The Comunicaciones Post
Squad18 Jan 2027
Braian Álvarez damages knee ligaments — 96 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 96 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.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
Thiago Rolón keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Comunicaciones may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Comunicaciones
Iván Alvariño 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.
Squad18 Jan 2027
A row about effort at Comunicaciones
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Rodrigo Delvalle was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets18 Jan 2027
Brasil de Pelotas tell Comunicaciones: Tiago Santos is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
No hiding place for Conrado Puigdellivol
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Conrado Puigdellivol, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout Felipe Di Lena knocks on the manager’s door
- Market The Rodrigo Giménez talk will not go away
- The dugout Germán Yacaruso gets picked when it counts
- Squad Joaquín Barroso: “I am not a substitute”