The Los Halcones Sentinel
Match13 Feb 2027
Los Halcones taken apart
0‑3 to Deportivo Colonia, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Los Halcones
Joaquín Gómez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom15 Feb 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Los Halcones
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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Los Halcones
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Santiago Curbelo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market15 Feb 2027
Los Halcones promote Andres Rodriguez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Andres Rodriguez 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Facundo Olivera steps up from the Los Halcones academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Facundo Olivera 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Los Halcones promote Facundo Silva from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Facundo Silva 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Agustin Rossi steps up from the Los Halcones academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Agustin Rossi 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.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Iñaki Baigorria
“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.
In brief
- Boardroom Inquest at Los Halcones
- The dugout Juan Rodriguez answers for it
- The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting Enzo Saggia's mistake