The Atenas Sentinel
Market21 Oct 2030
Idris Saidu 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 Atenas can pretend not to have heard.
Squad21 Oct 2030
A falling-out at Atenas
Brian González and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad21 Oct 2030
Words at Atenas training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lucas Medina 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.
The dugout21 Oct 2030
The manager makes an example of Ferreira
“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.
Market21 Oct 2030
The Brian González story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Brian González signs something — a contract at Atenas or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout21 Oct 2030
A door opens for Facundo Vigo
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
In brief
- Squad Rafael Cabrera wants out of the dugout
- The dugout Juan Pedro Riva knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout The manager comes out for Lucas Bassadone
- Squad Ignacio Silva back in training