The Metropolitanos Sentinel
Squad25 Jan 2027
Andrés Ferro 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 Metropolitanos this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Graduation day at Metropolitanos
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match23 Jan 2027
Deportivo Lara take the points off Metropolitanos
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad25 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Yhonatann Yustiz
“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.
Market25 Jan 2027
One of our own: Gabriel Rondon joins the Metropolitanos first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gabriel Rondon is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market25 Jan 2027
One of our own: Jose Rincon joins the Metropolitanos first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jose Rincon is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market25 Jan 2027
Metropolitanos promote Luis Castillo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luis Castillo 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Metropolitanos promote Junior Osorio from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Junior Osorio 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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Jeizon Ramírez Chacón 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.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Saimon Ramírez
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Metropolitanos
- Squad Metropolitanos pick somebody else ahead of José Ardila