The Plaza Colonia Chronicle
Squad11 Dec 2034
A knee injury of the worst kind for Agustín Cayetano
38 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Plaza Colonia lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad11 Dec 2034
Simón Navarro is named among the best
There are footballers who have a good season and footballers a season is remembered for, and the second kind get their names read out in a hall in the summer. Plaza Colonia will be quietly delighted and privately nervous.
Market11 Dec 2034
Carlos Garcia has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Plaza Colonia they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad11 Dec 2034
Tempers go at Plaza Colonia
Agustín Cayetano 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.
Squad11 Dec 2034
The golden glove goes to Mark Golenkov
12 clean sheets across a season, and the one award on the pitch nobody else is eligible for. Most keepers get through a whole career without a year like it.
Market11 Dec 2034
No place for Matías Recalde in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Matías Recalde has his answer from Plaza Colonia; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
In brief
- Market Cristian Castro leaves for nothing
- Market Thiago Silva leaves for nothing