The Terremoto Sentinel
Squad30 Aug 2027
Alexis Coman in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Terremoto this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad30 Aug 2027
A row about effort at Terremoto
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Diego Córdoba was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
No hiding place for Benjamín Borowik
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Benjamín Borowik, and the manager let it.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
Terremoto counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Terremoto now.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Agustín Borello 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 Terremoto, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Sebastián Barrios has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Sebastián Barrios has written the date down.
In brief
- The dugout Alejandro Machuca keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Camilo Garcia is out on the grass again