The San Miguel Gazette
Boardroom29 Nov 2027
Pressure builds in the San Miguel boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Squad29 Nov 2027
A muscle injury sidelines Daniel Sappa for 15 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. San Miguel will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
The dugout29 Nov 2027
Elián De La Cruz has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at San Miguel 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.
The dugout29 Nov 2027
The manager makes Jorge Ferrero a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at San Miguel. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
The dugout29 Nov 2027
Tomás Jerez asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad29 Nov 2027
“I want to play”: Zezinho speaks
“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.
In brief
- The dugout The manager comes out for Juan Manuel Lungarzo
- Squad Guilherme Carvalho is fit again