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Uneasy
Squad8 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Marcos Giménez
“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.
Squad8 Nov 2027
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Giovanni Bogado plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Market8 Nov 2027
The loan is over: 0 appearances and 0 goals away from home, and now the harder question of whether he is wanted here.
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Uneasy
Squad11 Oct 2027
Marcos Giménez 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 Sportivo Luqueno, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad11 Oct 2027
The manager comes out for Sergio Díaz
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Sergio Díaz has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Uneasy
Squad4 Oct 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Alfredo Aguilar and Sportivo Luqueno agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Loan watch4 Oct 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Sportivo Luqueno, and 8 appearances in 40 say he has earned the hearing.
Boardroom4 Oct 2027
A new partner, a signature and a photograph nobody will remember. It funds a fortnight of wages, which is more than most headlines on this page can say for themselves.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Marcos Giménez 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.
Market4 Oct 2027
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market4 Oct 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Vitinho may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Crisis
Match8 Sep 2027
Cerro Porteno go through and Sportivo Luqueno go home, 0-1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Fernando Benítez: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Sportivo Luqueno have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad13 Sep 2027
36 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Steady
Squad16 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 67 days on the sidelines for Marcos Giménez, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad16 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Lautaro Comas 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 Sportivo Luqueno, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Market5 Jul 2027
The paperwork is done: Germán Núñez joins from River Plate in a deal worth $420.0K. Now comes the harder part.
Market5 Jul 2027
Nacional pay $560.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Match3 Jul 2027
A 2-1 win over General Diaz, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Loan watch5 Jul 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Sportivo Luqueno, and 8 appearances in 27 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad5 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Marcos Giménez
“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.
Loan watch5 Jul 2027
22 appearances at General Diaz and the goals keep coming. Sportivo Luqueno are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Mathías Suárez 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.
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Steady
Market14 Jun 2027
Godoy Cruz come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Sportivo Luqueno did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market14 Jun 2027
Walter González has left for Libertad in a $1.8M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Market14 Jun 2027
The paperwork is done: Marcos Giménez joins from Guarani in a deal worth $360.0K. Now comes the harder part.
Squad14 Jun 2027
36 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“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.
Match12 Jun 2027
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. 12 de Octubre came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.