Héctor Zabala

Central Midfielder - Chaco For Ever
26 Dec 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Héctor Zabala

15 Edition

The Chaco For Ever Sentinel

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Gastón Canuto damages knee ligaments — 140 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 140 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.

Squad

Leandro Espejo keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Chaco For Ever may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Tempers go at Chaco For Ever

David Valdez 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.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Chaco For Ever Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad

Tempers go at Chaco For Ever

David Valdez 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.

Squad

Brian Guerra 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.

Squad

Matías Noble pulls a muscle — 14 days out

The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 14 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.

Match

Chaco For Ever see off Estudiantes

Three points for Chaco For Ever, 1‑0 the final word against Estudiantes in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

Brian Nievas 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.

Player ratings

Santiago Valenzuela runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Nobody at Chaco For Ever has picked up the phone to David Valdez

24 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.

Player ratings

Andres Lioi was the difference for Chaco For Ever

Marked 7.66. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

Market

Héctor Zabala is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Chaco For Ever has been clear about where Héctor Zabala stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief