Manuel Jimenez

Defensive Midfielder - Mar de Fondo
6 Mar 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Manuel Jimenez

17 Edition

The Mar de Fondo Chronicle

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Lucas Fernandez

79 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Mar de Fondo lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad

Words at Mar de Fondo training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Santiago Martínez 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.

Squad

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.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Mar de Fondo Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Ivan Godoy 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 The request is on a desk at Mar de Fondo, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Mar de Fondo turn down Irtysh for Ivan Godoy

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Joaquin Vieira 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 Mar de Fondo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Mar de Fondo training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Santiago Hernandez 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 dugout

No hiding place for Juan Carlos Medina

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

Squad

The training reports on Manuel Jimenez are not good

A bad Saturday is forgiven; a bad Tuesday is chosen. Standards have slipped and in a building where everybody watches everybody, it has been noticed.

In brief