Rafa

Central Midfielder - Maipú U18
23 Dec 2029
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Marked for Rafa

161 Edition

The Maipú Sentinel

27 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings27 Aug 2029

Both jobs done by Víctor Barrera — 7.69

A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 14 actions, 7.69, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.

Match25 Aug 2029

A bad afternoon for Maipú against Tristán Suárez

1‑3 to Tristán Suárez, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad27 Aug 2029

A falling-out at Maipú

Faustino Barreto and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout27 Aug 2029

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 1‑3 Roberto Ojeda left the room before anybody could ask which.

Squad27 Aug 2029

Rafa stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Rafa and Maipú agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout27 Aug 2029

Nasser Ismail 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.

The dugout27 Aug 2029

Tiago Rivao does not fit this one

Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.

The dugout27 Aug 2029

Faustino Barreto knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Maipú, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market27 Aug 2029

Lucas Más linked with a move away

The name of Lucas Más keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Maipú say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

Back issues
100 Edition

The Maipú Sentinel

26 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market26 Jun 2028

Lucas Más agrees terms with San Martín

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Maipú people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Market26 Jun 2028

Luciano Arnijas 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 Maipú, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match24 Jun 2028

The wait goes on for Maipú

4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad26 Jun 2028

A falling-out at Maipú

Juan Pablo Gobetto and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets26 Jun 2028

Door shut on Valentín Perroud

Maipú asked and Boca Juniors said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

The dugout26 Jun 2028

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Squad26 Jun 2028

A row about effort at Maipú

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Luciano Paredes was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match24 Jun 2028

A bad afternoon for Maipú against Racing

0‑2 to Racing, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Market26 Jun 2028

Federico Peralta steps up from the Maipú academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Federico Peralta has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

In brief

  • Market One of our own: Rafa joins the Maipú first team
  • The dugout The manager makes an example of Ignacio Fernandes
  • The dugout The view from the dugout