The Zaragoza Chronicle
Squad17 Oct 2039
Jesús Owono keeps Zaragoza in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market17 Oct 2039
Gonzalo González 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 The request is on a desk at Zaragoza, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad17 Oct 2039
Matai Akinmboni 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.
Player ratings17 Oct 2039
Héctor Pérez runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad17 Oct 2039
A muscle injury sidelines Martí Serrano for 14 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Zaragoza will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Squad17 Oct 2039
Jesús Owono asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Match15 Oct 2039
Héctor Pérez rescues a point for Zaragoza
It needed Héctor Pérez to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Real Sociedad B, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Market17 Oct 2039
The Matai Akinmboni question follows Zaragoza around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Matai Akinmboni’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Market17 Oct 2039
Enzo Garrido placed on the list
Zaragoza have made Enzo Garrido available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
In brief
- Boardroom Zaragoza keep producing them
- Player ratings Jonathan Dubasin ran the game