The Mar de Fondo Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
Bruno Da Silva signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Bruno Da Silva and Mar de Fondo agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Mar de Fondo
Joaquin Vieira and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Ignacio Martinez
“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.
Market10 Aug 2026
A stepping stone, not a home, for Diego Bértola
He is doing his job and he is not settling. Mar de Fondo were supposed to be a step up in his own reckoning, and his own reckoning has been adjusted since he arrived.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Bruno Da 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 Bruno Da Silva trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Facundo Aguirre 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.
In brief
- Market Mar de Fondo bring in an old head
- Market Bruno Da Silva linked with a move away
- Squad This league is too small for Diego Bértola