The Deportes Recoleta Chronicle
Market22 Nov 2027
Martín Szumik puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Deportes Recoleta, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad22 Nov 2027
A falling-out at Deportes Recoleta
Benjamín González and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout22 Nov 2027
Ignacio Lara frozen out at Deportes Recoleta
This is not rotation. Ignacio Lara has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Deportes Recoleta is pretending otherwise.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Felipe Saavedra 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 dugout22 Nov 2027
A promise honoured at Deportes Recoleta
Something was said to Mikel Arguinarena and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.
The dugout22 Nov 2027
Brayams Viveros has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Deportes Recoleta 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 A door opens for Fábio Silva
- Squad Ivan Isla is fit again