The La Luz Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
The knee: Horacio Sequeira out for 99 days
99 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. La Luz lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market10 Aug 2026
Francisco Martirena has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around La Luz they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
La Luz to lose Francisco Martirena for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Francisco Martirena has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at La Luz
Juan Moreno 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Matias Rivera joins the La Luz first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Matias Rivera is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
La Luz promote Bruno Gimenez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bruno Gimenez 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
La Luz promote Gabriel Jimenez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gabriel Jimenez 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Francisco Martirena
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at La Luz
18 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
In brief
- Player ratings Lucas Dogliotti beats them one at a time
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Felipe Rios on the draw
- The dugout Luca Barreto dropped after a run of poor form