Emanuel Candal

Goalkeeper - Quilmes
2 Jan 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Emanuel Candal

19 Edition

The Quilmes Chronicle

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Ramiro Luna hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Quilmes can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Banfield join the queue for Aaron Spetale

Add another name to the list: Banfield have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Aaron Spetale. The answer from Quilmes has not changed — yet.

Market

Quilmes turn down Deportivo Maldonado for Gabriel Vázquez

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Agustín Amicone is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Quilmes is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

A falling-out at Quilmes

Aaron Spetale and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Words at Quilmes training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ramiro Luna 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.

Squad

David Ledesma is no longer first choice

The manager has re-ordered his thinking and David Ledesma has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.

The dugout

Emanuel Candal gets it from the manager

“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.

Squad

A promotion for Raúl Lozano

Not a new contract, not a new number: a new place in the manager’s thinking, which is the only promotion in football that actually matters. Raúl Lozano has moved up it.

In brief

Back issues
5 Edition

The Quilmes Chronicle

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Quilmes may not be able to give Ramiro Luna what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Ramiro Luna wants continental football; whether Quilmes can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

Match

4 matches without a win for Quilmes

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Quilmes are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Tempers go at Quilmes

Aaron Spetale 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.

Match

Atlanta take the points off Quilmes

Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Words at Quilmes training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ramiro Luna 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.

The dugout

Agustín Bolívar gets it from the manager

“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.

Squad

32 new faces, and Quilmes are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

The dugout

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 2‑3 Pedro Ramos left the room before anybody could ask which.

The dugout

Mauro Fernández 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.

In brief