The Maipú Sentinel
Squad8 Feb 2027
Guillermo Rivas says Maipú went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Gastón Mansilla 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 Maipú this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Maipú
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Maipú training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marcelo Eggel is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Gastón Mansilla gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Nobody could get near Marcelo Eggel
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Juan Carlos Quiroga joins the Maipú first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Juan Carlos Quiroga is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Facundo Bruno joins the Maipú first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Facundo Bruno is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Facundo Lucero joins the Maipú first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Facundo Lucero is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Tomás Ferrari steps up from the Maipú academy
- Match Felipe Rivarola rescues a point for Maipú
- Boardroom Maipú turn down the training-ground plan