David Ramirez

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719 Edition

The Nacional Sentinel

7 May 2040
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings7 May 2040

Age has not caught Ulises Giménez yet — 8.14

At 34 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.14 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Market7 May 2040

Only the photograph left for Maximiliano Lopez

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Maximiliano Lopez will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Nacional the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad7 May 2040

Fabricio Oviedo 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.

Match5 May 2040

Gael Arturo Álvarez sends Nacional past Defensor Sporting

It finished 3‑2, and it was Gael Arturo Álvarez’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Nacional.

Match5 May 2040

Gael Arturo Álvarez at the heart of a fast Nacional start

2 goals inside twenty minutes with Gael Arturo Álvarez in the middle of it, and Defensor Sporting unable to get near the ball long enough to change anything. Some matches are won before the first drink.

Squad7 May 2040

Tempers go at Nacional

Jhon Guzmán was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad7 May 2040

David Ramirez stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” David Ramirez and Nacional agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad7 May 2040

No hiding place for Diego Cabrera

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

Market7 May 2040

No place for Ivan Ugarte in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Ivan Ugarte has his answer from Nacional; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief

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657 Edition

The Victoriia Sumy Herald

28 Feb 2039
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad28 Feb 2039

Maksym Sasovskiy breaks a bone — 114 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 114 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad28 Feb 2039

David Ramirez damages knee ligaments — 17 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 17 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad28 Feb 2039

Artan Jazxhi: 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.” Victoriia Sumy have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market28 Feb 2039

The Kudrivka deal is off

Everything was agreed until it was not, and Roberto Rey reports back to Victoriia Sumy with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.

Market28 Feb 2039

Myles Beerman 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 Victoriia Sumy, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad28 Feb 2039

A muscle injury sidelines Maksym Kryvobok for 16 days

Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Victoriia Sumy will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.

In brief

656 Edition

The Victoriia Sumy Herald

21 Feb 2039
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad21 Feb 2039

Maksym Sasovskiy breaks a bone — 121 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 121 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad21 Feb 2039

David Ramirez damages knee ligaments — 24 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 24 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Boardroom21 Feb 2039

Pressure builds in the Victoriia Sumy boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Match19 Feb 2039

Victoriia Sumy run riot against Chernihiv

6‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.

Match19 Feb 2039

The run at home goes on for Victoriia Sumy

17 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.

Player ratings21 Feb 2039

A brace, and Yevhenii Profatylo takes the afternoon — 9.14

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Yevhenii Profatylo provided it, and the 9.14 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Market21 Feb 2039

Elías Bacre 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 Victoriia Sumy, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings21 Feb 2039

Thiago Drago scores twice — 8.45

Two goals and a mark of 8.45 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Market21 Feb 2039

Roberto Rey has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Victoriia Sumy they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

In brief

655 Edition

The Victoriia Sumy Herald

14 Feb 2039
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad14 Feb 2039

Maksym Sasovskiy breaks a bone — 128 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 128 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad14 Feb 2039

David Ramirez damages knee ligaments — 31 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 31 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Match12 Feb 2039

Chastening afternoon for Victoriia Sumy

A 0‑3 beating by Inhulets was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Market14 Feb 2039

Agustín Rocha hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Victoriia Sumy can pretend not to have heard.

Match12 Feb 2039

Victoriia Sumy are shipping goals every week

Two or more conceded in each of the last 6 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.

Squad14 Feb 2039

Agustín Rocha 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 Victoriia Sumy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market14 Feb 2039

Kudrivka are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Victoriia Sumy will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad14 Feb 2039

Artan Jazxhi wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Victoriia Sumy know it.

Boardroom14 Feb 2039

161% of the income goes out in wages at Victoriia Sumy

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.

In brief

654 Edition

The Victoriia Sumy Herald

7 Feb 2039
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad7 Feb 2039

Maksym Sasovskiy breaks a bone — 135 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 135 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad7 Feb 2039

David Ramirez damages knee ligaments — 38 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 38 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Boardroom7 Feb 2039

Victoriia Sumy put Kyrylo Haiduchok on notice

The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.

Player ratings7 Feb 2039

A brace, and Yevhenii Profatylo takes the afternoon — 8.89

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Yevhenii Profatylo provided it, and the 8.89 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Market7 Feb 2039

Artan Jazxhi hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Victoriia Sumy can pretend not to have heard.

Squad7 Feb 2039

Yevhenii Profatylo is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.25 with 18 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Match5 Feb 2039

No clean sheets in sight for Victoriia Sumy

5 games now with at least two against. The back line has been rearranged, the goalkeeper has been backed publicly, and the goals keep going in anyway.

Squad7 Feb 2039

Tempers go at Victoriia Sumy

Agustín Rocha was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match5 Feb 2039

Victoriia Sumy come up short against Ahrobiznes

Ahrobiznes left with the points after a 3‑4 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief

653 Edition

The Victoriia Sumy Herald

31 Jan 2039
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad31 Jan 2039

Maksym Sasovskiy breaks a bone — 142 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 142 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad31 Jan 2039

David Ramirez damages knee ligaments — 45 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 45 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Match29 Jan 2039

Victoriia Sumy turn it around against Veres

Going 2 down does something to a side, and what it usually does is finish them. Not here. Victoriia Sumy rebuilt the afternoon goal by goal, and Veres had no answer to any of it.

Match29 Jan 2039

The run at home goes on for Victoriia Sumy

16 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.

Player ratings31 Jan 2039

Both of them Yevhenii Profatylo's — 8.82

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.82, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Market31 Jan 2039

Victoriia Sumy turn down Chornomorets for Roberto Rey

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

Market31 Jan 2039

Anton Palitsevich asks to leave Victoriia Sumy

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Player ratings31 Jan 2039

Age has not caught Agustín Rocha yet — 7.99

At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.99 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Match29 Jan 2039

Victoriia Sumy find a way past Veres

Veres made Victoriia Sumy work for it, but the scoreboard read 6‑4 at the end and the table does not ask how.

In brief