The Patronato Chronicle
Market8 Feb 2027
Marcos Enrique 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 The request is on a desk at Patronato, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Patronato
Juan Salas 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Juan Suárez comes home
The shirt still fits. Juan Suárez is back at Patronato, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market8 Feb 2027
As if he never left: Sebastián Sosa returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Sebastián Sosa is a Patronato player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market8 Feb 2027
As if he never left: Tomi returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Tomi is a Patronato player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Match6 Feb 2027
Agustín Araujo’s goal not enough for Patronato
Agustín Araujo scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Independiente, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad8 Feb 2027
No hiding place for Alan Sosa
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alan Sosa, and the manager let it.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Agustín Araujo in the eights
A performance of 8.68 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Federico Bravo knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Federico Bravo trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Alan Sosa
- Player ratings Augusto Picco runs at them all day
- Squad Tomás Attis has seen what the next man earns