The Potencia Post
Squad12 Feb 2029
A one-man rearguard from Iván Cartés
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Words exchanged at Potencia
Mateo Sena and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Potencia
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Maicol Rodas 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 terraces12 Feb 2029
The crowd has taken to Ignacio Charrutti
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match10 Feb 2029
The drought breaks for Potencia
5 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and Salto were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.
Market12 Feb 2029
One of our own: Andres Ferreira joins the Potencia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andres Ferreira is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Feb 2029
One of our own: Santiago Suarez joins the Potencia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Santiago Suarez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Feb 2029
Ivan Hernandez steps up from the Potencia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ivan Hernandez has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Facundo Aguirre joins the Potencia first team
- Match Ignacio Charrutti sends Potencia past Salto
- Player ratings Braian Cabral ran the middle of the pitch — 7.10