The Quilmes Chronicle
Market10 May 2027
Thomas Ortega asks to leave Quilmes
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad10 May 2027
Thiago Drago keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Quilmes may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad10 May 2027
Tempers go at Quilmes
Axel Batista 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.
Squad10 May 2027
Words at Quilmes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gonzalo Marinelli 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.
Squad10 May 2027
No hiding place for Mauro Fernández
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mauro Fernández, and the manager let it.
Player ratings10 May 2027
Ulises Vera runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match8 May 2027
Quilmes and Ferro Carril Oeste cancel each other out
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Ferro Carril Oeste came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Market10 May 2027
Raúl Lozano linked with a move away
The name of Raúl Lozano keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Quilmes say nothing, which says plenty.
Player ratings10 May 2027
Franco Balmaceda never got going
5.61 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
In brief
- Player ratings A day to forget for Luciano Cuella
- Market Quilmes put Axel Batista up for sale