The América Mineiro Post
Squad22 Mar 2027
A fracture rules Fernando Elizari out for 138 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason América Mineiro will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Tempers go at América Mineiro
David Nogueira 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 dugout22 Mar 2027
Rodrigo Piñeiro 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.
Market22 Mar 2027
The Gustavo talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. América Mineiro know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
Gabriel Barros 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 Gabriel Barros is on it.
Market22 Mar 2027
The shop window has Tobías Ostchega in it
América Mineiro have let the market know Tobías Ostchega can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
Alex Silva 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 Alex Silva trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad22 Mar 2027
The penny has dropped for David Nogueira
He looks like a man who lives here now rather than one who is working here. It took most of a season, and at América Mineiro the difference is visible from the back of the stand.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Enrico is not doing himself any favours
A manager forgives a bad Saturday far more readily than a bad Tuesday, because one of them he can explain and the other one he chose. The reports this week have not been good.
In brief
- Boardroom The América Mineiro board put their names to it
- The dugout The manager comes out for Yarlen