The Colon Sentinel
Market11 Jan 2027
Colon say no — this time
The offer from Dibba for Agustín Rodríguez 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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Colon
Leandro Méndez 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.
Market11 Jan 2027
One of our own: Marcelo Pellistri joins the Colon first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marcelo Pellistri is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Words at Colon training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Agustín Chopitea 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.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
No hiding place for Ronald Álvarez
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ronald Álvarez, and the manager let it.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
When it matters, Bruno Airaldi plays
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.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes Jairo Guerra a promise
- Squad Word from the training ground: Kevin Rivero
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Anthony Vilche
- Squad Faustino Choca is fit again