The Mixto Chronicle
Market7 Aug 2028
Edwin Palma puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Mixto, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout7 Aug 2028
Gabriel Rocha keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Mixto may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Mixto
Pedro Caracoci 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.
Boardroom7 Aug 2028
The numbers do not look good at Mixto
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Henrique Alves signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Henrique Alves commits to Mixto for another 4 years.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Jorge Rocha 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.
Boardroom7 Aug 2028
172% of the income goes out in wages at Mixto
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
The dugout7 Aug 2028
No hiding place for Edwin Palma
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Edwin Palma, and the manager let it.
Player ratings7 Aug 2028
Nobody could get near Leandro Ballota
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Squad Benjamín Catalán slips down the pecking order
- Market Mixto sign Diego Sanabria, one for the future
- Market Mixto buy the years ahead of Alex Bezerra