The Maipú Sentinel
Squad17 Jan 2028
The knee: Juan Pablo Gobetto out for 70 days
70 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Maipú lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market17 Jan 2028
Aron Agüero 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 Maipú can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets17 Jan 2028
Martín Vidal due for a Maipú medical
Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad17 Jan 2028
A falling-out at Maipú
Matías Viguet and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad17 Jan 2028
Words at Maipú training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marcelo Eggel 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.
Market17 Jan 2028
One of our own: Luis Alberto López joins the Maipú first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Luis Alberto López is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Jan 2028
Maipú promote Emiliano Giménez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Emiliano Giménez has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Jan 2028
Maipú promote Nicolás Quiroga from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nicolás Quiroga has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad17 Jan 2028
Titi signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Titi commits to Maipú for another 3 years.
In brief
- The dugout Alejandro Ojeda knocks on the manager's door
- The dugout Aron Agüero keeps his manager's vote
- Match Nothing left to play for but pride at Maipú