The Real Pilar Courier
Player ratings20 Mar 2028
Both of them Joaquín Toranzo's — 9.20
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.20, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Market20 Mar 2028
Federico Sellecchia hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Real Pilar can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout20 Mar 2028
Daniel González frozen out at Real Pilar
This is not rotation. Daniel González has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Real Pilar is pretending otherwise.
Squad20 Mar 2028
A falling-out at Real Pilar
Daniel González and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings20 Mar 2028
Iván Smith runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad20 Mar 2028
Norman Díaz 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.
Match18 Mar 2028
Joaquín Toranzo sends Real Pilar past Villa Dálmine
It finished 2‑1, and it was Joaquín Toranzo’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Real Pilar.
The terraces20 Mar 2028
Real Pilar supporters have found a favourite in Joaquín Toranzo
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Joaquín Toranzo has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad20 Mar 2028
Real Pilar count the cost of losing Gallito
15 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Leandro Vega
- The dugout Emiliano Núñez has his say
- The dugout Enzo Franco asks for a word with the manager