Ayden Romo

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Estoril Praia
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304 Edition

The Estoril Praia Herald

24 May 2032
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match24 May 2032

Estoril Praia are in real trouble now

Position 15, 24 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Squad24 May 2032

A falling-out at Estoril Praia

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

Squad24 May 2032

Words at Estoril Praia training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jordan Holsgrove 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.

Squad24 May 2032

Segundo Rodríguez signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Segundo Rodríguez and Estoril Praia agree another 3 years.

The dugout24 May 2032

Franco Basualdo 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.

Squad24 May 2032

The formation has left Segundo Rodríguez behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Estoril Praia will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

Market24 May 2032

The Martin Turk story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Martin Turk signs something — a contract at Estoril Praia or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

The dugout24 May 2032

Fernando Medrano has been promised minutes

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 Fernando Medrano has written the date down.

Market24 May 2032

Estoril Praia pick up Segundo Rodríguez for nothing

The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Segundo Rodríguez arrives at Estoril Praia with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.

In brief

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The Estoril Praia Herald

3 Nov 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad3 Nov 2031

Xeka breaks a bone — 110 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 110 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match1 Nov 2031

The wait goes on for Estoril Praia

12 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

The terraces3 Nov 2031

Anger at Estoril Praia 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.

Match29 Oct 2031

Estoril Praia bow out of the cup

Vitoria Guimaraes go through and Estoril Praia go home, 2‑6 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Squad3 Nov 2031

A one-man rearguard from Martin Turk

There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Player ratings3 Nov 2031

Ayden Romo scores twice — 8.53

Two goals and a mark of 8.53 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Market3 Nov 2031

Elijah Benedict asks to leave Estoril Praia

“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.

The terraces3 Nov 2031

Estoril Praia are taken apart by Vitoria Guimaraes — and the town wants answers

It finished 2-6. A cup exit is a disappointment; this was a public dismantling, and the difference between the two is the number of people who will still be talking about it in August.

Player ratings3 Nov 2031

Age has not caught Marcus Vinicius yet — 7.99

At 34 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.99 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

In brief

272 Edition

The Estoril Praia Herald

13 Oct 2031
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match13 Oct 2031

Estoril Praia sink to position 16

4 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Match11 Oct 2031

The wait goes on for Estoril Praia

8 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Market13 Oct 2031

Elijah Benedict is on his way

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

The dugout13 Oct 2031

Ayden Romo: 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.” Estoril Praia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad13 Oct 2031

Words exchanged at Estoril Praia

Axel Camblan 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.

Squad13 Oct 2031

Jordan Holsgrove 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.

Match11 Oct 2031

A bad afternoon for Estoril Praia against Sporting CP

0‑2 to Sporting CP, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad13 Oct 2031

Appearance number 200 for Axel Camblan

200 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.

The dugout13 Oct 2031

Kelian Baruti Liamba 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.

In brief

  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • The dugout Fernando Medrano dropped after a run of poor form
  • Looking ahead Estoril Praia take on the side everybody is chasing
258 Edition

The Estoril Praia Herald

7 Jul 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad7 Jul 2031

A knee injury of the worst kind for Xeka

44 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Estoril Praia lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Boardroom7 Jul 2031

Pressure builds in the Estoril Praia boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Market7 Jul 2031

Liam Rådvall 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 Estoril Praia can pretend not to have heard.

Squad7 Jul 2031

Xeka 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 Estoril Praia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad7 Jul 2031

Real improvement from Luc Lacroix at Estoril Praia

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Luc Lacroix is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Market7 Jul 2031

Estoril Praia may not be able to give Felipe Cardoso what he wants

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

Squad7 Jul 2031

Words at Estoril Praia training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jordan Holsgrove 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 targets7 Jul 2031

Estoril Praia rebuffed over Bernard Eide

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. PSV have kept their man, and Estoril Praia go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

The dugout7 Jul 2031

No hiding place for Martin Turk

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Martin Turk, and the manager let it.

In brief

255 Edition

The Estoril Praia Herald

16 Jun 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market16 Jun 2031

João Guerra 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 Estoril Praia, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad16 Jun 2031

Tempers go at Estoril Praia

Ricard Sánchez 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.

Squad16 Jun 2031

A row about effort at Estoril Praia

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

Squad16 Jun 2031

Ayden Romo stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Ayden Romo and Estoril Praia agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad16 Jun 2031

José Hernández wants to go home

“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Estoril Praia can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.

Transfer targets16 Jun 2031

Estoril Praia ask about Stephan Simon

A loan enquiry to Bayern Munich: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Market16 Jun 2031

João Grando is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Estoril Praia has been clear about where João Grando stands, which is more than many ever get.

The dugout16 Jun 2031

Martin Turk 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 Estoril Praia, and both men came out saying it was fine.

The dugout16 Jun 2031

No hiding place for Jonah te Fruchte

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jonah te Fruchte, and the manager let it.

In brief

251 Edition

The Estoril Praia Herald

19 May 2031
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad19 May 2031

A muscle injury sidelines Xeka for 16 days

Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Estoril Praia will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.

Squad19 May 2031

A falling-out at Estoril Praia

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

Squad19 May 2031

Words at Estoril Praia training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jordan Holsgrove 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 dugout19 May 2031

No hiding place for Fernando Medrano

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Fernando Medrano, and the manager let it.

Market19 May 2031

The André Lacximicant question follows Estoril Praia around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with André Lacximicant’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

The dugout19 May 2031

Felipe Cardoso 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 Estoril Praia, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief