The General Caballero Herald
Squad3 May 2027
The knee: Angel Acosta out for 16 days
16 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. General Caballero lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad3 May 2027
Tempers go at General Caballero
Marcelino Ñamandú 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.
Squad3 May 2027
Angel Enciso 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.
The dugout3 May 2027
The manager makes an example of David Espínola
“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.
Squad3 May 2027
A step back for Jeremías Ruiz at General Caballero
Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.
Match1 May 2027
Honours even between General Caballero and Sol de America
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
The dugout3 May 2027
Carlos Gomez: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 1‑1 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
The dugout3 May 2027
Hugo Oviedo 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 Hugo Oviedo trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Player ratings3 May 2027
Jesús Amarilla beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 13. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
In brief
- The dugout Mario Lezcano Morán left out for tactical reasons at General Caballero
- Player ratings Cristhian Medina unlocks it
- Looking ahead General Caballero travel to Guarani