The Cienciano Herald
Squad13 Aug 2029
Tempers go at Cienciano
Claudio Núñez 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.
Squad13 Aug 2029
Nelson Garces stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Nelson Garces and Cienciano agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout13 Aug 2029
Juan Romagnoli has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Cienciano 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.
Market13 Aug 2029
Talks stall between Cienciano and Juan Ignacio Silva
“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.
Market13 Aug 2029
The Gonzalo Falcón talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Cienciano know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad13 Aug 2029
Jime Tuesta: “I am not a substitute”
“I have done everything asked of me in training and it has not changed a thing on a Saturday.” The most familiar complaint in football, and one Cienciano will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes Jime Tuesta a promise
- Market The clock does Andy Polar’s negotiating for him
- The dugout Thiago Urquiza knocks on the manager’s door
- Squad Yván Rojas is fit again