Axel Afonso

Goalkeeper - Ferrocarril Midland
2 May 2029
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143 Edition

The Ferrocarril Midland Chronicle

23 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Match18 Apr 2029

The cup run ends for Ferrocarril Midland

1‑6 against Villa San Carlos, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Match21 Apr 2029

Cruel end for Estudiantes as Ferrocarril Midland pounce

There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Ferrocarril Midland scored in the 90th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.

The terraces23 Apr 2029

A cup hiding at Villa San Carlos leaves Ferrocarril Midland explaining themselves

1-6, and long before the end the away end had switched from encouragement to something considerably more pointed. Nobody rings a phone-in about losing narrowly.

The dugout23 Apr 2029

Axel Afonso: 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.” Ferrocarril Midland have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

The dugout23 Apr 2029

Pablo Casarico frozen out at Ferrocarril Midland

This is not rotation. Pablo Casarico has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Ferrocarril Midland is pretending otherwise.

Squad23 Apr 2029

Tempers go at Ferrocarril Midland

Samuel Lucero 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.

Match18 Apr 2029

Leon Zuanigh among the goals in a wild afternoon

7 goals in one match, Leon Zuanigh on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Ferrocarril Midland and Villa San Carlos.

Squad23 Apr 2029

A row about effort at Ferrocarril Midland

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Emilio Porro was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Player ratings23 Apr 2029

Matías Lucero beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 19. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

In brief

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53 Edition

The Atlético Tucumán Chronicle

2 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad2 Aug 2027

Facundo Ovalles breaks a bone — 27 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 27 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market2 Aug 2027

PAEEK come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Atlético Tucumán did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Boardroom2 Aug 2027

Axel Afonso has agreed to leave Atlético Tucumán for nothing

He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.

Squad2 Aug 2027

Clever Ferreira 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 Atlético Tucumán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout2 Aug 2027

Gabriel Compagnucci frozen out at Atlético Tucumán

This is not rotation. Gabriel Compagnucci has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Atlético Tucumán is pretending otherwise.

Transfer targets2 Aug 2027

Bragantino tell Atlético Tucumán: Vinicius Barreta is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Loan watch2 Aug 2027

Leonel Vega has seen enough of Csákvár

“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 Atlético Tucumán, and 1 appearances in 25 say he has earned the hearing.

Match31 Jul 2027

Atlético Tucumán refuse to lose to Almirante Brown

A point taken on 85 minutes is worth exactly one point and considerably more than that to a dressing room. This side does not stop, which is a reputation worth more than the result.

Loan watch2 Aug 2027

The goals keep arriving from Maximiliano Alanís’s exile

11 goals in 24 games at Cobresal — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at Atlético Tucumán updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.

In brief

53 Edition

The Ferrocarril Midland Chronicle

2 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad2 Aug 2027

Pedro Castorani breaks a bone — 59 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 59 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

The dugout2 Aug 2027

Jonatan Gómez says Ferrocarril Midland 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.

Boardroom2 Aug 2027

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Ferrocarril Midland

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Market2 Aug 2027

Rodrigo Figueroa 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 Ferrocarril Midland, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market2 Aug 2027

Lucas Vicó’s move to Deportivo Riestra falls through

The deal that would have taken Lucas Vicó to Deportivo Riestra has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Ferrocarril Midland with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.

Squad2 Aug 2027

Aron Agüero 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 Ferrocarril Midland this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom2 Aug 2027

Axel Afonso will join Ferrocarril Midland for nothing

The paperwork is done long before the player is. Axel Afonso has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Ferrocarril Midland have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.

Transfer targets2 Aug 2027

Racing Club tell Ferrocarril Midland: Francisco Fraga is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Match31 Jul 2027

Ferrocarril Midland get the job done against Temperley

A 1‑0 win over Temperley, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

In brief