The Frontera Rivera Herald
Squad16 Nov 2026
A falling-out at Frontera Rivera
Marcelo Santos and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad16 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Frontera Rivera
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kevin Gimenez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Luis Pereira
“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 dugout16 Nov 2026
When it matters, Márcio Pereira plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Márcio Pereira knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Frontera Rivera, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Word from the training ground: Diego Nunez
The sharpest man in every session this week, by all accounts. Lines like this run the week before somebody’s run in the side begins.
In brief
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Diego Nunez
- Squad Welcome back, Matias Rodriguez