The Patronato Chronicle
Match24 Apr 2030
Patronato out of the cup
Aldosivi ended it 0‑2. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Market29 Apr 2030
Inti Borghetto 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 Patronato can pretend not to have heard.
Squad29 Apr 2030
A one-man rearguard from Freddy Rios
There were 6 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.
The terraces29 Apr 2030
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 6 of the 25 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Squad29 Apr 2030
Tempers go at Patronato
Luciano Pacco 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.
Squad29 Apr 2030
Gaetano Motta 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.
Player ratings29 Apr 2030
Nobody could get near Leandro Ilari
Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings29 Apr 2030
Nothing got past Federico Bravo
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 13 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Match27 Apr 2030
No goals between Patronato and Central Córdoba SdE
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Central Córdoba SdE will be the happier side with the point.
In brief
- Player ratings Tomás Aristegui keeps on missing
- Player ratings The one thing Agustín Cardoso could not do
- Squad A first senior shirt for Noah Vidal