Ignacio Valenzuela

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146 Edition

The 12 de Junio Herald

14 May 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The terraces14 May 2029

Supporters organise against the 12 de Junio board

A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.

Match12 May 2029

12 de Junio win it in stoppage time

The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 90th minute. Independiente CG will replay every second of the added time for a week.

Player ratings14 May 2029

Both of them Oscar Cabrera's — 8.46

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.46, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Market14 May 2029

Joan Chávez 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 Junio can pretend not to have heard.

Squad14 May 2029

A falling-out at 12 de Junio

Oscar Cabrera and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad14 May 2029

Words at 12 de Junio training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Derlis Alegre 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.

Match12 May 2029

12 de Junio get the job done against Independiente CG

A 2‑1 win over Independiente CG, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings14 May 2029

Santiago Aquino was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 15. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

The dugout14 May 2029

The manager’s verdict

“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Diego Cubas kept it short after the 2‑1 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.

In brief

Back issues
140 Edition

The 12 de Junio Herald

2 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market2 Apr 2029

Reinaldo Benítez 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 Junio can pretend not to have heard.

Squad2 Apr 2029

Tempers go at 12 de Junio

Oscar Cabrera 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.

Boardroom2 Apr 2029

The numbers do not look good at 12 de Junio

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Squad2 Apr 2029

A row about effort at 12 de Junio

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Derlis Alegre was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout2 Apr 2029

The manager makes an example of Juan Sánchez

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market2 Apr 2029

Still no ink between 12 de Junio and Derlis Alegre

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at 12 de Junio, another week without a signature from Derlis Alegre.

Squad2 Apr 2029

Ignacio Valenzuela is no longer first choice

The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Ignacio Valenzuela has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.

Squad2 Apr 2029

12 de Junio take the armband off Marcos Urán

It will be explained as a change for the team and it may even be one. Nobody who has worn one believes that, and neither does the man who has just had it taken away.

Market2 Apr 2029

No place for Enzo Maidana in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Enzo Maidana has his answer from 12 de Junio; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief