The Oviedo Post
Squad27 Sep 2027
Gabriel Ramírez damages knee ligaments — 22 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 22 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings27 Sep 2027
Pablo Sáenz runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 30. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The dugout27 Sep 2027
Aisar Ahmed keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Oviedo may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market27 Sep 2027
Ovie Ejaria has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Oviedo they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Aarón Escandell 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Words at Oviedo training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ilyas Chaira 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.
Match25 Sep 2027
Nobody wins at Oviedo
8 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
The dugout27 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Brian Machuca
“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.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Biel Cruz stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Biel Cruz and Oviedo agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.