The San Marcos de Arica Gazette
Squad1 Oct 2029
Diego Farías damages knee ligaments — 105 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 105 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 dugout1 Oct 2029
Luís Eduardo keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” San Marcos de Arica may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad1 Oct 2029
Tempers go at San Marcos de Arica
Álvaro Cazula 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.
Squad1 Oct 2029
San Marcos de Arica count the cost of losing Guilherme Costa
47 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad1 Oct 2029
A row about effort at San Marcos de Arica
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Facundo Velazco was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout1 Oct 2029
Lukas Fredes without the man who signed him
Every squad is half players the manager chose and half players he inherited. Lukas Fredes was chosen, the man who chose him has gone, and he starts again from nothing under the next one.
Market1 Oct 2029
Still no ink between San Marcos de Arica and Luís Eduardo
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at San Marcos de Arica, another week without a signature from Luís Eduardo.
The dugout1 Oct 2029
Kevin Riverón 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.
Market1 Oct 2029
San Marcos de Arica put Vinícius Cortês up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Vinícius Cortês may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
In brief
- Boardroom San Marcos de Arica were not finished after all
- The dugout Guilherme Costa keeps his manager's vote