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The Real Santander Post

28 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The small margins put Real Santander out

Out, 1‑3 to Junior, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Squad

Alejandro Benítez breaks a bone — 16 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 16 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market

Breinner Román puts it in writing

“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 The request is on a desk at Real Santander, and it is not being withdrawn.

The dugout

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Squad

A falling-out at Real Santander

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

The dugout

No hiding place for Santiago Jiménez

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Santiago Jiménez, and the manager let it.

The dugout

James Diaz faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” James Diaz after 1‑3, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

Squad

Jorge Pérez falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout

Álex Segura knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Álex Segura trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

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The Real Santander Post

15 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The terraces

The mood at Real Santander has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Real Santander

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Squad

The knee: Felipe Montero out for 21 days

21 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Real Santander lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Match

Every point is an argument now for Real Santander

Position 11 and 18 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Market

Juan Pablo Habib puts it in writing

“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 Real Santander, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at Real Santander

Julian Angulo 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.

In brief