The Ferro Carril Oeste Sentinel
Squad4 Aug 2031
11 saves: Leonel Szalich was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 11 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Boardroom4 Aug 2031
Ferro Carril Oeste spell it out for Carlos Alberto De Luca
The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. Carlos Alberto De Luca has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.
Match4 Aug 2031
Ferro Carril Oeste finish in position 13
25 points, and the season has a number on it. Whatever it felt like from the inside, this is what it will look like in a book.
Squad4 Aug 2031
Cristian Matosas signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Cristian Matosas commits to Ferro Carril Oeste for another 3 years.
Squad4 Aug 2031
Leonel Szalich in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ferro Carril Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market4 Aug 2031
Bubu steps up from the Ferro Carril Oeste academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Bubu has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market4 Aug 2031
One of our own: Pity joins the Ferro Carril Oeste first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pity is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market4 Aug 2031
Juan Manuel Morales steps up from the Ferro Carril Oeste academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Juan Manuel Morales has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market4 Aug 2031
Ferro Carril Oeste promote Nicolás Medina from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nicolás Medina has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Squad The month belongs to Gino Olguín
- The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting Matías Kabalín's mistake
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Carlos Alberto De Luca on the draw