The Deportivo Colonia Chronicle
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
Deportivo Colonia close the window on a squad of their own making
0 in and 1 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Juan Manuel Martínez Trejo 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 Deportivo Colonia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Matías Bentos-Pereira 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 dugout26 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Axel Arcos
“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.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Deportivo Colonia lose Brian Ramirez
39 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad26 Jul 2027
“I want to play”: Felipe Villalba speaks
“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
The numbers do not look good at Deportivo Colonia
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
The dugout26 Jul 2027
Santiago Vargas asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market26 Jul 2027
The Mathías León talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Deportivo Colonia know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- Match Continental football is in reach for Deportivo Colonia
- Market Federico Viera leaves for nothing
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Juan Manuel Martínez Trejo