The Maipú Sentinel
Squad22 Sep 2031
A fracture rules Mateo Ortale out for 112 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Maipú will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad22 Sep 2031
Tempers go at Maipú
Nicolás Heiz 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 dugout22 Sep 2031
Raúl Aguirre frozen out at Maipú
This is not rotation. Raúl Aguirre has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Maipú is pretending otherwise.
The dugout22 Sep 2031
Hernán Morales faces a manager he fell out with
They have worked together before and it did not end well. Nobody at Maipú expects the new manager to have forgotten, least of all Hernán Morales.
The dugout22 Sep 2031
When it matters, Matei Afonso plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Market22 Sep 2031
The Mateo Ortale talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Maipú know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The terraces22 Sep 2031
Supporters make their feelings known about Nahuel Galardi
The speculation has reached the stands, and the stands have answered. Maipú would like this settled before it becomes the only thing anybody asks about.
The dugout22 Sep 2031
Matei Afonso knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Maipú, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad22 Sep 2031
The penny has dropped for Nehemías Rodríguez
He looks like a man who lives here now rather than one who is working here. It took most of a season, and at Maipú the difference is visible from the back of the stand.
In brief
- Market Huracán send scouts to watch Nahuel Galardi
- Squad Benjamín Vidal is fit again