The 12 de Junio Herald
Squad10 Jan 2028
Nelson Valenzuela breaks a bone — 115 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 115 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market10 Jan 2028
Nelson Valenzuela 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 12 de Junio can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets10 Jan 2028
Christian Martínez turns down 12 de Junio
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Libertad keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Words exchanged at 12 de Junio
Marcos Duré 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
A move Tomás Martínez would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Tomás Martínez is living that version at 12 de Junio, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Ivan Gamarra out for 24 days
The medical room confirms 24 days on the sidelines for Ivan Gamarra, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Boardroom10 Jan 2028
Wages eat 86% of everything 12 de Junio earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
The dugout10 Jan 2028
When it matters, Iván Ortiz plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout10 Jan 2028
Juan Villamayor knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at 12 de Junio, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- The dugout William Casanova is still being punished for one mistake
- The dugout No hiding place for Sebastián Pintos
- Market 12 de Junio add cover with Tomás Martínez