The Mar de Fondo Chronicle
Squad26 Feb 2029
A one-man rearguard from Luis Barbat
There were 9 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.
The dugout26 Feb 2029
Manuel Monzeglio keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Mar de Fondo may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match24 Feb 2029
5 matches without a win for Mar de Fondo
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Mar de Fondo are no longer polite ones.
Squad26 Feb 2029
Words exchanged at Mar de Fondo
Luis Barbat 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.
Match24 Feb 2029
Mar de Fondo come up short against Canadian
Canadian left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout26 Feb 2029
Alvaro Rivera 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.
Squad26 Feb 2029
Mar de Fondo count the cost of losing Alejandro Ferreira
36 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Boardroom26 Feb 2029
Wages swallow 115% of the Mar de Fondo income
Every club 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 it has been tried.
The dugout26 Feb 2029
Alejandro Araujo faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Alejandro Araujo after 0‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
In brief
- The dugout Thiago Martinez is still paying for one afternoon at Mar de Fondo
- Looking ahead A reunion for Luis Barbat
- Squad Facundo Acosta, 16, gets his chance