Ariel Lima

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78 Edition

The Defensor Sporting Courier

24 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad24 Jan 2028

Words at Defensor Sporting training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Axel Frugone 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 dugout24 Jan 2028

Nicolás Wunsch gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad24 Jan 2028

Ariel Lima stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Ariel Lima and Defensor Sporting agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout24 Jan 2028

Lucas Agazzi gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Lucas Agazzi is on it.

Squad24 Jan 2028

Johan De Castro in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Defensor Sporting this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout24 Jan 2028

Edgar Elizalde 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.

The dugout24 Jan 2028

A door opens for Elías Contreras

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

Market24 Jan 2028

The shop window has Bruno Simone in it

Defensor Sporting have let the market know Bruno Simone can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

Market24 Jan 2028

Germán Barrios linked with a move away

The name of Germán Barrios keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Defensor Sporting say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

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66 Edition

The Cerro Post

1 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match1 Nov 2027

Cerro are top

43 points and nobody above them. The word is not being said around the ground yet, and it is being thought in every seat.

Market1 Nov 2027

Nahuel Sena has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Cerro they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad1 Nov 2027

Tempers go at Cerro

Alejo Macelli 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.

The dugout1 Nov 2027

The manager has not finished forgetting Carlos da Rosa's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

The dugout1 Nov 2027

When it matters, Alejandro Severo 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.

The dugout1 Nov 2027

Pablo Nongoy knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Cerro, and both men came out saying it was fine.

The dugout1 Nov 2027

The manager makes Ciro Thompson a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Cerro. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

Squad1 Nov 2027

Diego Capdevila is not doing himself any favours

A manager forgives a bad Saturday far more readily than a bad Tuesday, because one of them he can explain and the other one he chose. The reports this week have not been good.

Squad1 Nov 2027

The penny has dropped for Diego Capdevila

He looks like a man who lives here now rather than one who is working here. It took most of a season, and at Cerro the difference is visible from the back of the stand.

In brief

59 Edition

The Cerro Post

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad13 Sep 2027

Tempers go at Cerro

Andrew Teuten 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.

Squad13 Sep 2027

Words at Cerro training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Emiliano Sosa 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 dugout13 Sep 2027

Ivo Kestler has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Cerro will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief