Alex Martínez

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25 Edition

The Patriotas Chronicle

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad18 Jan 2027

Carlos Copete breaks a bone — 121 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 121 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

The dugout18 Jan 2027

Iván Camacho says Patriotas went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad18 Jan 2027

A falling-out at Patriotas

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

The dugout18 Jan 2027

No hiding place for Cristian Arroyave

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

Squad18 Jan 2027

Words at Patriotas training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Esteven Salguero 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.

Squad18 Jan 2027

Alex Martínez is a square peg at Patriotas

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

In brief

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24 Edition

The Patriotas Chronicle

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad11 Jan 2027

A fracture rules Carlos Copete out for 130 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Patriotas will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Brayan Fernández 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 Patriotas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets11 Jan 2027

Door shut on Gonzalo Puntano

Patriotas asked and Gimnasia y Esgrima said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Words at Patriotas training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Esteven Salguero 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

The manager makes an example of Esteven Salguero

“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.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Kevin Cárdenas stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Kevin Cárdenas and Patriotas agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market11 Jan 2027

Michael Nike linked with a move away

The name of Michael Nike keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Patriotas say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout11 Jan 2027

Jonnier Torres has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Patriotas 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.

The dugout11 Jan 2027

The manager makes Cristian Arroyave a promise

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

In brief