The Agropecuario Argentino Sentinel
Market4 Oct 2027
Antonio Napolitano 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 Agropecuario Argentino can pretend not to have heard.
Market4 Oct 2027
Tomás Lecanda has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Agropecuario Argentino they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Carlos Auzqui signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Carlos Auzqui and Agropecuario Argentino agree another 2 years.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Agropecuario Argentino
Antonio Napolitano 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 dugout4 Oct 2027
No hiding place for Rodrigo Castro
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Rodrigo Castro, and the manager let it.
Squad4 Oct 2027
A place in the month's best eleven for Valentino Crivelli
Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Valentino Crivelli has come out of that comparison in the side, and Agropecuario Argentino have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.
The dugout4 Oct 2027
When it matters, Tomás Lecanda 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 dugout4 Oct 2027
Brian Blando 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 Brian Blando trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Agropecuario Argentino have started building around Mirko Parassole
He used to be one of the options. He is now one of the men the options are picked around, and the change happened quietly enough that only the dressing room noticed on the day.
In brief
- Market Alejo Medina linked with a move away
- The dugout Antonio Napolitano keeps his manager's vote
- Match Mid-table, and Agropecuario Argentino know it