The Acassuso Sentinel
Squad23 Oct 2028
126 days out for Gabriel Atamañuk after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Acassuso will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market23 Oct 2028
Lucas Rey is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Acassuso is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Tempers go at Acassuso
Tobías Rubio 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.
The dugout23 Oct 2028
Rodrigo Mosqueira 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.
Market23 Oct 2028
Talks stall between Acassuso and Joaquín Cancio
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Luka Gutiérrez 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.
The dugout23 Oct 2028
Joaquín Cancio 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.
Market23 Oct 2028
Andrés Ayala linked with a move away
The name of Andrés Ayala keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Acassuso say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout23 Oct 2028
Alexis González Duarte has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Acassuso 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.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes Federico Real a promise
- Squad Welcome back, Sergio Peralta