Nicolás Afonso

Attacking Midfielder (C) - Pontevedra
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The Pontevedra Gazette

28 May 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad28 May 2029

A knee injury of the worst kind for Borja Martínez

19 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Pontevedra lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market28 May 2029

Alessio Rizza 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 The request is on a desk at Pontevedra, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad28 May 2029

Nicolás Afonso arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Nicolás Afonso has, at Pontevedra, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Squad28 May 2029

Words at Pontevedra training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Christian 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.

Squad28 May 2029

The formation has left Nicolás Afonso behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Pontevedra will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

Market28 May 2029

Joe Riley returns from a loan that gave him nothing

4 appearances and 0 goals is not a season, it is a year somebody has lost. Whether that is his fault, the borrowing club's or the people who arranged it is the argument the next few weeks will have.

The dugout28 May 2029

The manager makes an example of Carlo Urquiaga

“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.

The dugout28 May 2029

Kevin Chaurand 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.

Market28 May 2029

Brais Abelenda runs his contract down

2 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Pontevedra money.

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The Tigre Sentinel

9 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

The dugout9 Oct 2028

Gonzalo Martínez frozen out at Tigre

This is not rotation. Gonzalo Martínez has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Tigre is pretending otherwise.

Boardroom9 Oct 2028

Tigre to lose Nicolás Afonso for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Nicolás Afonso has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.

Squad9 Oct 2028

Words at Tigre training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Juan Manuel Villalba 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.

Squad9 Oct 2028

Quimey Zarza signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Quimey Zarza and Tigre agree another 4 years.

Match7 Oct 2028

3 matches without a goal for Tigre

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Squad9 Oct 2028

Words exchanged at Tigre

Federico Tevez and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Player ratings9 Oct 2028

The game went through Gonzalo Gutiérrez — 6.58

Marked 6.58 on 12 actions at both ends of the pitch. Midfielders like this get described as unspectacular by people who have never tried to play against one.

Match7 Oct 2028

Tigre come up short against Barracas Central

Barracas Central left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout9 Oct 2028

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 José Luis Ramos left the room before anybody could ask which.

In brief