The Atlanta Post
The dugout10 Jan 2028
Nicolás Previtali frozen out at Atlanta
This is not rotation. Nicolás Previtali has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Atlanta is pretending otherwise.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Words exchanged at Atlanta
Lucas Ríos 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.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Rodrigo Moreira 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.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Pablo Costa stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Pablo Costa and Atlanta agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout10 Jan 2028
The manager makes an example of Nicolás Mosca
“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.
Market10 Jan 2028
Atlanta promote Alejandro De Luca from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alejandro De Luca 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.
Market10 Jan 2028
One of our own: Benjamín Campos joins the Atlanta first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Benjamín Campos is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Jan 2028
One of our own: Juani joins the Atlanta first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Juani is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Jan 2028
Lucas González steps up from the Atlanta academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lucas González 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
- The dugout Leonel Galeano asks for a word with the manager
- Squad A wage question at Atlanta
- The dugout The manager comes out for Rodrigo Moreira