Daniel Rios

Right Midfielder - Atenas
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341 Edition

The Atenas Sentinel

7 Feb 2033
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom7 Feb 2033

Kevin Torres has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Atenas can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Boardroom7 Feb 2033

Emergency meeting at Atenas

The whole football department in one room on a weekday morning. Nothing was announced afterwards, which is what a board announces when it has run out of patience.

Squad7 Feb 2033

Matías Ghiringhelli signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Matías Ghiringhelli commits to Atenas for another 4 years.

Squad7 Feb 2033

Words exchanged at Atenas

Facundo Briñón 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.

Squad7 Feb 2033

Atenas count the cost of losing Ramon Hernandez

41 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad7 Feb 2033

Daniel Rios out for 31 days

The medical room confirms 31 days on the sidelines for Daniel Rios, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Market7 Feb 2033

Talks stall between Atenas and Leonel Moya

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

The dugout7 Feb 2033

Facundo Briñón gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Facundo Briñón is on it.

The dugout7 Feb 2033

The manager's exit leaves Tiago Glattli exposed

Every squad has men who were signed by a particular manager and men who were merely inherited. Tiago Glattli is in the first group, and the man who wanted him here is no longer in the building.

In brief

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337 Edition

The Atenas Sentinel

10 Jan 2033
From our football correspondent Crisis

Transfer targets10 Jan 2033

No deal for Axel Montaña at that price

Atenas offered $830.0K; Progreso said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Squad10 Jan 2033

A falling-out at Atenas

Matías Núñez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout10 Jan 2033

No hiding place for Ferreira

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ferreira, and the manager let it.

Transfer targets10 Jan 2033

Juan Ignacio Blanco stays at Cooper as time runs out

A deal that was a phone call from completion at lunchtime was dead by midnight. Atenas will try again when the window opens; Cooper may not be selling by then.

Squad10 Jan 2033

Daniel Rios out for 59 days

The medical room confirms 59 days on the sidelines for Daniel Rios, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

The dugout10 Jan 2033

Facundo Briñón gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Facundo Briñón is on it.

Market10 Jan 2033

Still no ink between Atenas and Fernando Souza

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Atenas, another week without a signature from Fernando Souza.

Squad10 Jan 2033

A row about effort at Atenas

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Newton Tabe was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Market10 Jan 2033

The Matías Núñez story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Matías Núñez signs something — a contract at Atenas or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

302 Edition

The Atenas Sentinel

10 May 2032
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match5 May 2032

The small margins put Atenas out

Out, 0‑2 to River Plate, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Squad10 May 2032

Igor Leonardi stands alone

8 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Match8 May 2032

6 matches without a win for Atenas

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Atenas are no longer polite ones.

Player ratings10 May 2032

Lucas Bassadone beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 23. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad10 May 2032

Facundo Briñón 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 Atenas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad10 May 2032

Daniel Rios stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Daniel Rios and Atenas agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout10 May 2032

The view from the dugout

“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Kevin Torres chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.

Squad10 May 2032

Words at Atenas training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alan Chacón 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 dugout10 May 2032

Pablo Coates gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

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272 Edition

The Atenas Sentinel

13 Oct 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market13 Oct 2031

Brian González is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Atenas is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad13 Oct 2031

Words exchanged at Atenas

Matías Núñez 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.

Squad13 Oct 2031

Brian González 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.

Squad13 Oct 2031

Daniel Rios signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Daniel Rios commits to Atenas for another 3 years.

The dugout13 Oct 2031

Facundo Briñón has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Atenas will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Market13 Oct 2031

Still no ink between Atenas and Fernando Souza

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Atenas, another week without a signature from Fernando Souza.

In brief