Marked for Adriano Martínez
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad12 Jul 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 9 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Player ratings12 Jul 2027
Successful dribbles: 28. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market12 Jul 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Madryn can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout12 Jul 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Madryn may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad12 Jul 2027
A muscle injury and 15 days out for Yair Bonnín
The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. Madryn will quote 15 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Words exchanged at Madryn
Lucas Diarte 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.
Boardroom12 Jul 2027
147% of the income goes out in wages at Madryn
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
The dugout12 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Luis Silba
“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.
Match10 Jul 2027
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
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Uneasy
The dugout11 Jan 2027
Nazareno Solís: 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.” Madryn have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market11 Jan 2027
“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 The request is on a desk at Madryn, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad11 Jan 2027
A falling-out at Madryn
Lucas Diarte and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad11 Jan 2027
A row about effort at Madryn
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Leonardo Marinucci was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad11 Jan 2027
A muscle injury and 14 days out for Estanislao Jara
The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. Madryn will quote 14 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
“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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Uneasy
Market14 Dec 2026
$1.5M is a serious amount of money and it does not play centre-forward. Everybody in the dressing room knows who used to be looked at when it went wrong.
The terraces14 Dec 2026
Supporters turn on the $1.5M sale of Nicolás Servetto
He is going to Defensa y Justicia, the club has $1.5M it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.
Boardroom14 Dec 2026
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Lucas Pruzzo has agreed terms with Defensa y Justicia for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad14 Dec 2026
A falling-out at Madryn
Lucas Diarte and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad14 Dec 2026
A row about effort at Madryn
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Leonardo Marinucci was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
“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.
Market14 Dec 2026
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Madryn has been clear about where Adriano Martínez stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market14 Dec 2026
Madryn have made Nazareno Solís available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Market14 Dec 2026
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Fernando Bersano’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
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Steady
Market19 Oct 2026
“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 Madryn, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Madryn have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad19 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Madryn
Lucas Diarte and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Claudio Corvalán 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 Oct 2026
“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.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Nicolás Servetto trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market19 Oct 2026
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Julián Cosi’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Market19 Oct 2026
Madryn have made Diego Martínez available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Market19 Oct 2026
2 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Madryn could get for him.