Marked for Thiago Deangelis
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market22 Oct 2029
Brandon Rocha has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Quilmes they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market22 Oct 2029
Marcelo Rocha 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.
Squad22 Oct 2029
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Quilmes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad22 Oct 2029
The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Valentín Silvera, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad22 Oct 2029
A row about effort at Quilmes
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Matías Costas was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout22 Oct 2029
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jeremias Vazquez, and the manager let it.
Market22 Oct 2029
2 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Quilmes could get for him.
Market22 Oct 2029
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Federico Mazzurco’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Match22 Oct 2029
Quilmes have something to play for
Position 4 on 47 points, and the places that carry a European ticket are close enough to count. Seasons like this are decided by two results in April, and the club knows which two.
In brief
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The dugout
Edgar Alderete has become a man the manager trusts
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The dugout
Negão knocks on the manager's door
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Steady
Market15 Oct 2029
“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.
Market15 Oct 2029
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Thiago Deangelis will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Quilmes the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad15 Oct 2029
Words exchanged at Quilmes
Lautaro Ibarra and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout15 Oct 2029
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Thiago Deangelis, and the manager let it.
Squad15 Oct 2029
Words at Quilmes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Douglas Freitas 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.
Market15 Oct 2029
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Esteban Glellel signs something — a contract at Quilmes or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
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Steady
Squad8 Oct 2029
Words exchanged at Quilmes
Ronald Alarcón and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad8 Oct 2029
A row about effort at Quilmes
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Matías Costas was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout8 Oct 2029
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Thiago Deangelis trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Steady
Market24 Sep 2029
Marcelo Rocha 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.
Squad24 Sep 2029
Federico Mazzurco falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad24 Sep 2029
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Quilmes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Sep 2029
43 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
The dugout24 Sep 2029
“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.
The dugout24 Sep 2029
Brandon Rocha 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.
Market24 Sep 2029
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Federico Mazzurco’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Market24 Sep 2029
3 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Quilmes money.
Match24 Sep 2029
Quilmes have something to play for
Position 4 on 47 points, and the places that carry a European ticket are close enough to count. Seasons like this are decided by two results in April, and the club knows which two.
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Steady
Market17 Sep 2029
“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.
Market17 Sep 2029
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Quilmes they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
The dugout17 Sep 2029
Valentín Silvera: 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.” Quilmes have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad17 Sep 2029
Words at Quilmes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Federico Mazzurco 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.
Squad17 Sep 2029
A falling-out at Quilmes
Ronald Alarcón and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market17 Sep 2029
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Quilmes has been clear about where Valentín Silvera stands, which is more than many ever get.
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Steady
Market3 Sep 2029
Brandon Rocha has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Quilmes they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market3 Sep 2029
“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.
Market3 Sep 2029
The phone has started ringing about Federico Mazzurco again, and this time the name on the line is Kairat. Quilmes are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad3 Sep 2029
Ronald Alarcón 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.
Squad3 Sep 2029
Everybody at Quilmes saw it before anybody said it, which is how this always goes. At 33 the decline is real and measurable — 3 points — and the only question left is how the club handles somebody it owes a great deal to.
Squad3 Sep 2029
Douglas Freitas falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad3 Sep 2029
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Quilmes have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
Boardroom3 Sep 2029
Quilmes release $304.9K for the manager
The board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.
The dugout3 Sep 2029
“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.
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Upbeat
Player ratings27 Aug 2029
A brace, and Thiago Deangelis takes the afternoon — 8.75
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Thiago Deangelis provided it, and the 8.75 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market27 Aug 2029
“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.
Squad27 Aug 2029
Lautaro Ibarra 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.
The terraces27 Aug 2029
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 17-year-old it feels ownership of. Douglas Freitas has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match25 Aug 2029
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Thiago Deangelis. 2‑0 against Gimnasia y Tiro, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Match25 Aug 2029
Quilmes are at home on the road
3 straight away victories. Sides that win away are usually sides that can defend and can counter, and the table has begun to reflect what those journeys have earned.
Squad27 Aug 2029
A row about effort at Quilmes
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Matías Costas was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout27 Aug 2029
“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Juan Carlos Silva on a 2‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.
The dugout27 Aug 2029
Negão 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.
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Crisis
Market20 Aug 2029
“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 Quilmes, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market20 Aug 2029
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.
Boardroom20 Aug 2029
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Thiago Deangelis has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Match18 Aug 2029
Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad20 Aug 2029
A falling-out at Quilmes
Ronald Alarcón and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout20 Aug 2029
“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.
The dugout20 Aug 2029
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Juan Carlos Silva after 1‑3, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Squad20 Aug 2029
Matías Costas falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad20 Aug 2029
Somebody watched every match in the division at the weekend and decided he was the best thing in any of them. A small honour, and most careers end without one.
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Upbeat
Match11 Aug 2029
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3‑0 against San Miguel, and it could have been more.
Market13 Aug 2029
Quilmes say no — this time
The offer from Dinamo Tbilisi for Brandon Rocha was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad13 Aug 2029
The match ball belongs to Thiago Deangelis, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Player ratings13 Aug 2029
Thiago Deangelis was on a different afternoon to everybody else
9.40. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
The terraces13 Aug 2029
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Thiago Deangelis has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad13 Aug 2029
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Quilmes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout13 Aug 2029
The manager makes an example of Jeremías Suarez
“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.
Squad13 Aug 2029
Valentín Silvera falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings13 Aug 2029
Successful dribbles: 15. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
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Uneasy
Market23 Jul 2029
“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.
Transfer targets23 Jul 2029
Quilmes and Independiente Rivadavia have settled on $1.4M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Boardroom23 Jul 2029
Quilmes did not want this conversation and are having it anyway. A manager wanted elsewhere is a manager whose next contract talk just became more expensive.
Boardroom23 Jul 2029
Quilmes close the window on a squad of their own making
1 in and 3 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Transfer targets23 Jul 2029
The deal with Lanús is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad23 Jul 2029
A falling-out at Quilmes
Brandon Rocha and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market23 Jul 2029
Tigre pay $310.0K, 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.
Transfer targets23 Jul 2029
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Sarmiento have kept their man, and Quilmes go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout23 Jul 2029
The manager makes an example of Esteban Glellel
“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.
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Uneasy
Market25 Jun 2029
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Quilmes people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market25 Jun 2029
“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.
Transfer targets25 Jun 2029
$1.5M settles it between the clubs for Mauro Morales
Independiente Rivadavia have accepted the money. What Quilmes do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
Squad25 Jun 2029
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match23 Jun 2029
5 matches without a win for Quilmes
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Quilmes are no longer polite ones.
Transfer targets25 Jun 2029
The offer went to San Lorenzo this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets25 Jun 2029
Argentino de Merlo wanted more than $6.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Squad25 Jun 2029
Words at Quilmes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Federico Mazzurco 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.
Transfer targets25 Jun 2029
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.
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Steady
Market11 Jun 2029
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Unión de Santa Fe waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Quilmes is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
The dugout11 Jun 2029
This is not rotation. Bruno Oldani has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Quilmes is pretending otherwise.
Market11 Jun 2029
Thomas Ortega has left for Lanús in a $770.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Transfer targets11 Jun 2029
$31.0K on the table at Lanús. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad11 Jun 2029
A falling-out at Quilmes
Bruno Oldani and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets11 Jun 2029
Quilmes asked and Madryn said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout11 Jun 2029
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Juan Carlos Silva after 1‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Squad11 Jun 2029
A row about effort at Quilmes
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Valentín Silvera was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
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Steady
Market4 Jun 2029
“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 Quilmes, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match4 Jun 2029
Quilmes refuse to drop out of the race
Position 3, 31 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.
Player ratings4 Jun 2029
Up for the corner, and Thomas Ortega delivers — 7.97
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Thomas Ortega scored, was marked 7.97, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Squad4 Jun 2029
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Quilmes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match2 Jun 2029
1‑3 to Alvarado, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad4 Jun 2029
Words at Quilmes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bruno Oldani 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.
Squad4 Jun 2029
It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph a local paper has to write. 33 years old, 3 points down on where he was, and a body that has started charging interest on a career.
Market4 Jun 2029
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Thiago Deangelis has his answer from Quilmes; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
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Steady
Match26 May 2029
Chastening afternoon for Quilmes
A 1‑4 beating by Madryn was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Squad28 May 2029
Words exchanged at Quilmes
Ronald Alarcón and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad28 May 2029
Words at Quilmes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Matías Costas 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.
Match28 May 2029
Halfway: Quilmes sit in position 2
31 points at the turn. The first half of a season is a promise; the second is a bill, and the town is about to find out which of the two this one was.
The dugout28 May 2029
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jeremías Suarez, and the manager let it.
Boardroom28 May 2029
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
The dugout28 May 2029
The manager has not finished forgetting Luciano Recalde's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
The dugout28 May 2029
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑4, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
The dugout28 May 2029
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Thiago Deangelis trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Upbeat
Match12 May 2029
7‑1, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Squad14 May 2029
The match ball belongs to Brandon Rocha, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Player ratings14 May 2029
Brandon Rocha, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 8.05
A mark of 8.05 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Squad14 May 2029
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Match12 May 2029
Quilmes make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Quilmes have 3 straight wins of it.
The dugout14 May 2029
This is not rotation. Bruno Oldani has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Quilmes is pretending otherwise.
Squad14 May 2029
Lautaro Ibarra 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.
The terraces14 May 2029
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
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Upbeat
Squad16 Apr 2029
A knee injury of the worst kind for Juan Manuel Cohen
20 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Quilmes lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match14 Apr 2029
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3‑0 against Racing, and it could have been more.
Squad16 Apr 2029
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Player ratings16 Apr 2029
No sign of nerves from Tiziano Moreyra at 20 — 7.88
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Tiziano Moreyra did not need any: 7.88, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market16 Apr 2029
“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.
Match14 Apr 2029
Nobody wants to play Quilmes right now
3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
The dugout16 Apr 2029
This is not rotation. Bruno Oldani has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Quilmes is pretending otherwise.
Squad16 Apr 2029
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Quilmes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings16 Apr 2029
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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Upbeat
Squad9 Apr 2029
27 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Quilmes lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Match9 Apr 2029
Quilmes refuse to drop out of the race
Position 2, 19 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.
Market9 Apr 2029
“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.
Player ratings9 Apr 2029
Marked 7.66 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Squad9 Apr 2029
A falling-out at Quilmes
Matías Costas and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The terraces9 Apr 2029
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Tiziano Moreyra has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match7 Apr 2029
It finished 1‑0, and it was Thiago Deangelis’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Quilmes.
Squad9 Apr 2029
Douglas Freitas falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout9 Apr 2029
“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 1‑0, already talking about the next one.
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Upbeat
Squad26 Feb 2029
A falling-out at Quilmes
Brandon Rocha and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad26 Feb 2029
A row about effort at Quilmes
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Federico Mazzurco was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match24 Feb 2029
Colegiales made Quilmes work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings26 Feb 2029
Thomas Ortega was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.06. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Squad26 Feb 2029
Too much change too quickly at Quilmes
6 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
The dugout26 Feb 2029
The view from the dugout
“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Juan Carlos Silva, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.
The dugout26 Feb 2029
“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.
The dugout26 Feb 2029
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Quilmes, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout26 Feb 2029
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
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Upbeat
Market19 Feb 2029
“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 Quilmes, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout19 Feb 2029
This is not rotation. Bruno Oldani has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Quilmes is pretending otherwise.
Squad19 Feb 2029
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Quilmes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout19 Feb 2029
The manager makes an example of Esteban Glellel
“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.
Match17 Feb 2029
0‑1 to Tristán Suárez, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad19 Feb 2029
Matías Costas falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout19 Feb 2029
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 0‑1 Juan Carlos Silva left the room before anybody could ask which.
The dugout19 Feb 2029
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Thiago Deangelis trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Player ratings19 Feb 2029
Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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Triumph
Market12 Feb 2029
“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 Quilmes, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Match10 Feb 2029
Still nobody has beaten Quilmes
The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad12 Feb 2029
A falling-out at Quilmes
Matías Costas and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match10 Feb 2029
A 1‑0 win over Alvarado, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad12 Feb 2029
A row about effort at Quilmes
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Bruno Oldani was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings12 Feb 2029
A mark of 7.66, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Player ratings12 Feb 2029
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad12 Feb 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Maximiliano Herrera commits to Quilmes for another 3 years.
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Upbeat
Market5 Feb 2029
“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.
The dugout5 Feb 2029
Tiziano Moreyra: 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.” Quilmes have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Player ratings5 Feb 2029
Thomas Ortega goes up and wins it — 7.90
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.90 for the rest of it.
Squad5 Feb 2029
A muscle injury sidelines Thomas Ortega for 15 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Quilmes will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Graduation day at Quilmes
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad5 Feb 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Matías Costas and Quilmes agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match3 Feb 2029
Three points for Quilmes, 2‑1 the final word against Madryn in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad5 Feb 2029
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Quilmes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Steady
Market29 Jan 2029
Quilmes say no — this time
The offer from Lugo for Bruno Oldani was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad29 Jan 2029
Words at Quilmes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Matías Costas 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.
Squad29 Jan 2029
Too much change too quickly at Quilmes
6 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
Squad29 Jan 2029
Words exchanged at Quilmes
Ricardo Marino and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market29 Jan 2029
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Thomas Ortega signs something — a contract at Quilmes or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout29 Jan 2029
Bruno Oldani knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Bruno Oldani trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Steady
Market15 Jan 2029
“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 Quilmes, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad15 Jan 2029
A falling-out at Quilmes
Matías Costas and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout15 Jan 2029
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Federico Mazzurco trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad15 Jan 2029
A row about effort at Quilmes
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Valentín Silvera was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad15 Jan 2029
A year in and the city has not opened up, the language has not come, and lunch is eaten alone more often than anybody at Quilmes would admit. It shows on Saturdays.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Where he used to play does most of his talking for him at Quilmes. The room defers to it, the kids study it, and the only thing that can puncture it is a bad month.
Market15 Jan 2029
7 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Quilmes money.
Market15 Jan 2029
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Tiziano Moreyra’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Market15 Jan 2029
The window shut and Luciano Recalde is still in the building
Quilmes spent a month trying to move him and nobody rang back. He trains with a squad that has told him where he stands, and both sides start counting down to the next one.
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Steady
Market8 Jan 2029
“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 Quilmes, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad8 Jan 2029
17 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Words exchanged at Quilmes
Ronald Alarcón and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Matías Costas falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout8 Jan 2029
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Thiago Deangelis, and the manager let it.
The dugout8 Jan 2029
Luciano Recalde is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
Squad8 Jan 2029
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
Boardroom8 Jan 2029
$16.2K a year onto the Quilmes books
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.
Market8 Jan 2029
Quilmes have made Brandon Rocha available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Steady
Market1 Jan 2029
“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 Quilmes, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets1 Jan 2029
Quilmes asked and Barracas Central said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad1 Jan 2029
Matías Costas 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.
Squad1 Jan 2029
Words at Quilmes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bruno Oldani 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.
Squad1 Jan 2029
Too much change too quickly at Quilmes
5 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
The dugout1 Jan 2029
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
Squad1 Jan 2029
The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Valentín Silvera is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.
Market1 Jan 2029
Quilmes have made Thiago Deangelis available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Market1 Jan 2029
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Thomas Ortega signs something — a contract at Quilmes or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
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Steady
Market4 Dec 2028
Marcelo Rocha 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.
The dugout4 Dec 2028
This is not rotation. Thiago Mejías has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Quilmes is pretending otherwise.
Market4 Dec 2028
It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Quilmes can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
Squad4 Dec 2028
A row about effort at Quilmes
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Federico Mazzurco was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets4 Dec 2028
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.
Squad4 Dec 2028
Matías Costas 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.
Market4 Dec 2028
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Luciano Recalde has his answer from Quilmes; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
The dugout4 Dec 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Federico Mazzurco, and the manager let it.
Squad4 Dec 2028
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Valentín Silvera and Quilmes agree another 4 years.
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Steady
Market6 Nov 2028
“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 Quilmes, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout6 Nov 2028
This is not rotation. Thiago Mejías has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Quilmes is pretending otherwise.
Squad6 Nov 2028
Words exchanged at Quilmes
Aaron Spetale and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad6 Nov 2028
Words at Quilmes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marcelo Pappano 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.
Squad6 Nov 2028
Quilmes will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
Market6 Nov 2028
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Thomas Ortega signs something — a contract at Quilmes or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Squad6 Nov 2028
It is a strip of cloth and it decides nothing on a Saturday. It still tells the dressing room exactly whose opinion the manager values, which is the whole point of it.
The dugout6 Nov 2028
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
The dugout6 Nov 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Quilmes, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
Boardroom2 Oct 2028
Alejandro Alonso has until the next board meeting
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Almagro can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Squad2 Oct 2028
A falling-out at Almagro
Maximiliano Repolho and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad2 Oct 2028
A row about effort at Almagro
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Gino Barbieri was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout2 Oct 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gino Barbieri, and the manager let it.
Squad2 Oct 2028
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Almagro are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
The dugout2 Oct 2028
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
The dugout2 Oct 2028
Gonzalo Asis loses the manager who believed in him
A change in the dugout is not one story, it is twenty-five of them. This is Gonzalo Asis's: he was somebody's player, and now he has to be somebody else's, starting from nothing.
Market2 Oct 2028
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Sebastian Jara has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Almagro.
Market2 Oct 2028
The Enzo Silcan story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Enzo Silcan signs something — a contract at Almagro or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
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Crisis
Squad25 Sep 2028
20 days out for Leandro Acuña after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Almagro will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
The dugout25 Sep 2028
This is not rotation. Enzo Silcan has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Almagro is pretending otherwise.
Squad25 Sep 2028
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Almagro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad25 Sep 2028
Words at Almagro training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gino Barbieri 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 dugout25 Sep 2028
“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.
Market25 Sep 2028
The name of Emiliano González keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Almagro say nothing, which says plenty.
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Steady
Squad11 Sep 2028
25 days out for Matías Costas after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Quilmes will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market11 Sep 2028
Thomas Ortega 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.
Squad11 Sep 2028
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Quilmes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Loan watch11 Sep 2028
“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 Quilmes, and 0 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Marcelo Pappano falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Too much change too quickly at Quilmes
11 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
Market11 Sep 2028
The name of Thomas Ortega keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Quilmes say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout11 Sep 2028
Thiago Mejías 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 Quilmes, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout11 Sep 2028
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Jonathan Cerruti has written the date down.
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Upbeat
Squad7 Aug 2028
A fracture rules Leandro Acuña out for 69 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Almagro will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match5 Aug 2028
4‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Boardroom7 Aug 2028
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
The terraces7 Aug 2028
Anger at Almagro spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Player ratings7 Aug 2028
A brace, and Thiago López takes the afternoon — 7.66
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Thiago López provided it, and the 7.66 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings7 Aug 2028
A defender's goal wins it for Almagro — 7.43
1 for Gino Barbieri, marked 7.43, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Words exchanged at Almagro
Emiliano González and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Player ratings7 Aug 2028
Marked 7.91. There is a kind of forward whose value only shows up when you count what he was involved in rather than what he finished, and this is the day that argument makes itself.
Match5 Aug 2028
Nobody wins at Almagro
9 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
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Uneasy
Squad24 Jul 2028
Leandro Acuña breaks a bone — 83 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 83 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Boardroom24 Jul 2028
Pressure builds in the Almagro boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Boardroom24 Jul 2028
Deadline passes with 5 signed and 10 gone
That is the business done at Almagro until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
The deal with Quilmes is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Player ratings24 Jul 2028
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
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.
The terraces24 Jul 2028
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match22 Jul 2028
Nobody wins at Almagro
8 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Match22 Jul 2028
It finished 1‑0, and it was Enzo Martínez’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Almagro.
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Steady
Market17 Jul 2028
Aaron Spetale 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.
Market17 Jul 2028
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Quilmes have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market17 Jul 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad17 Jul 2028
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.
Transfer targets17 Jul 2028
$18.0K on the table at Gimnasia y Tiro. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Match15 Jul 2028
1‑3 to Central Córdoba SdE, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Transfer targets17 Jul 2028
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Aldosivi have kept their man, and Quilmes go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout17 Jul 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Esteban Glellel, and the manager let it.
Squad17 Jul 2028
A row about effort at Quilmes
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Agustín Bolívar was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
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Uneasy
Market19 Jun 2028
“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 Quilmes, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings19 Jun 2028
Up for the corner, and Facundo Yozwiak delivers — 7.05
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Facundo Yozwiak scored, was marked 7.05, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Transfer targets19 Jun 2028
$19.0K on the table at River Plate. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets19 Jun 2028
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Aldosivi have kept their man, and Quilmes go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout19 Jun 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Esteban Glellel, and the manager let it.
Market19 Jun 2028
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Quilmes have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad19 Jun 2028
Words at Quilmes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Agustín Bolívar 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.
Squad19 Jun 2028
A falling-out at Quilmes
Facundo Yozwiak and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match17 Jun 2028
It needed Facundo Yozwiak to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against San Miguel, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
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Steady
Match8 Mar 2028
The cup run ends for Quilmes
1‑2 against Estudiantes, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Market13 Mar 2028
“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.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Gabriel Vázquez 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.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
This is not rotation. David Ledesma has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Quilmes is pretending otherwise.
Squad13 Mar 2028
A row about effort at Quilmes
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Agustín Bolívar was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
“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.
Player ratings13 Mar 2028
Successful dribbles: 14. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
Looking ahead13 Mar 2028
A test against the best for Quilmes
The team at the top of the table next, and the honest measure of where this side actually is. Anybody can beat the club below them; the question is what happens against Güemes.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad27 Dec 2027
A fracture rules Tiago Ibarra out for 83 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Quilmes will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market27 Dec 2027
“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.
Squad27 Dec 2027
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.
Transfer targets27 Dec 2027
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Independiente have kept their man, and Quilmes go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad27 Dec 2027
Máximo Paredes falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market27 Dec 2027
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Aaron Spetale signs something — a contract at Quilmes or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Loan watch27 Dec 2027
32 appearances away from home and 6 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
The dugout27 Dec 2027
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Luciano Quiroz is on it.
The dugout27 Dec 2027
Bruno Oldani 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 Quilmes, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Squad20 Dec 2027
Moisés Gaúcho damages knee ligaments — 58 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 58 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Boardroom20 Dec 2027
Qualification is secured, and next season the big floodlit nights are continental ones. For the players it is a stage; for the accounts it is a lifeline; for the supporters it is passports.
Squad20 Dec 2027
The division’s best young player: Thiago Deangelis
A whole season of being the finest 21-year-old anybody in this league could put on a pitch. Bhayangkara Presisi have him, and everybody else now knows it.
Squad20 Dec 2027
Allano honoured for the season
The kind of year that ends with a name being read out in a hall. Bhayangkara Presisi had the benefit of it every week and now have the problem of everybody else knowing.
Market20 Dec 2027
Only the photograph left for Fareed Sadat
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Fareed Sadat will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Bhayangkara Presisi the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad20 Dec 2027
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Bhayangkara Presisi can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
Loan watch20 Dec 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 Bhayangkara Presisi, and 5 appearances in 15 say he has earned the hearing.
The dugout20 Dec 2027
Mauricio Vera gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Mauricio Vera is on it.
The dugout20 Dec 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ridho Syuhada, and the manager let it.
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Match8 Dec 2027
After 31 games, Bhayangkara Presisi finally taste it again
The first defeat in 31 matches. The manager will say it had to come; the dressing room will say it did not have to come against Arema; the supporters will say both, in that order, all week.
Squad13 Dec 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Moisés Gaúcho
65 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Bhayangkara Presisi lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match8 Dec 2027
18 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
Match8 Dec 2027
0‑1 against Arema, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Match13 Dec 2027
75 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
The dugout13 Dec 2027
Dejan Račić: 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.” Bhayangkara Presisi have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad13 Dec 2027
A season average of 7.27 with 20 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad13 Dec 2027
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Bhayangkara Presisi can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.