The Deportivo Maldonado Herald
Player ratings18 Feb 2030
Matías Espíndola runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 34. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad18 Feb 2030
Christian Tabó 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 Maldonado this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom18 Feb 2030
Deportivo Maldonado beat the market to Santiago Vargas from Nacional
Nacional will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Santiago Vargas has pre-agreed a move to Deportivo Maldonado, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Squad18 Feb 2030
Words at Deportivo Maldonado training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sebastián Tormo 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.
Match16 Feb 2030
Deportivo Maldonado cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Market18 Feb 2030
Deportivo Maldonado sign Claudio Valdes, one for the future
Claudio Valdes is 18, and Deportivo Maldonado have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Squad Claudio Valdes signs on for more
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Nicolás Forastiero
- Match Deportivo Maldonado and Wanderers cancel each other out
- Squad The manager makes an example of Miguel Perez