The UCV Post
Squad22 Jan 2029
Yanniel Hernández damages knee ligaments — 85 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 85 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.
Market22 Jan 2029
Kleyder Barreto 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 The request is on a desk at UCV, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout22 Jan 2029
Lautaro Rivarola keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” UCV may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom22 Jan 2029
A new deal for Rafael Arango
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Market22 Jan 2029
Real Frontera come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and UCV did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad22 Jan 2029
Words exchanged at UCV
Agustín Bianciotti and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom22 Jan 2029
5 academy graduates step up at UCV
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad22 Jan 2029
A row about effort at UCV
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Maicol Ruiz was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match20 Jan 2029
A bad afternoon for UCV against Zamora
0‑2 to Zamora, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
In brief
- Market Carlos Ramirez steps up from the UCV academy
- Market Victor Gonzalez steps up from the UCV academy
- The dugout No hiding place for Agustín Bianciotti