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122 Edition

The Almagro Chronicle

27 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad27 Nov 2028

A falling-out at Almagro

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

Squad27 Nov 2028

Words at Almagro training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gino Barbieri 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.

The dugout27 Nov 2028

Tobias Canale knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Tobias Canale trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout27 Nov 2028

The manager makes an example of Marcus Lien

“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.

Market27 Nov 2028

The Enzo Silcan story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Enzo Silcan signs something — a contract at Almagro or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Squad27 Nov 2028

Marcus Lien wants out of the dugout

“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Almagro will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.

In brief

Back issues
114 Edition

The Almagro Chronicle

2 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom2 Oct 2028

Alejandro Alonso has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Almagro can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Squad2 Oct 2028

A falling-out at Almagro

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

Squad2 Oct 2028

A row about effort at Almagro

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

The dugout2 Oct 2028

No hiding place for Gino Barbieri

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gino Barbieri, and the manager let it.

Squad2 Oct 2028

Home is on Marcus Lien's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Almagro are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

The dugout2 Oct 2028

Almagro keep their word to Thiago Deangelis

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

The dugout2 Oct 2028

Gonzalo Asis loses the manager who believed in him

A change in the dugout is not one story, it is twenty-five of them. This is Gonzalo Asis's: he was somebody's player, and now he has to be somebody else's, starting from nothing.

Market2 Oct 2028

Sebastian Jara told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Sebastian Jara has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Almagro.

Market2 Oct 2028

The Enzo Silcan story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Enzo Silcan signs something — a contract at Almagro or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

107 Edition

The Almagro Chronicle

14 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad14 Aug 2028

A fracture rules Leandro Acuña out for 62 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Almagro will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Match12 Aug 2028

Almagro come up short against Quilmes

Quilmes left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Boardroom14 Aug 2028

207% of the income goes out in wages at Almagro

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad14 Aug 2028

A falling-out at Almagro

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

The dugout14 Aug 2028

Emiliano González 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.

Squad14 Aug 2028

A row about effort at Almagro

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

Player ratings14 Aug 2028

Franco Bustamante runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market14 Aug 2028

Almagro and Thiago López are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Squad14 Aug 2028

Almagro are still strangers to each other

8 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

In brief

  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • Market A stepping stone, not a home, for Marcus Lien
  • The dugout When it matters, Thiago López plays
36 Edition

The Skeid Post

5 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad5 Apr 2027

64 days out for Sem Aleksander Bergene after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Skeid will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad5 Apr 2027

The step up is real for Esquerdinha

At 21 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Boardroom5 Apr 2027

Window shuts: 15 in, 5 out at Skeid

The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 15 arrived, 5 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.

Squad5 Apr 2027

Tempers go at Skeid

Esquerdinha 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.

Squad5 Apr 2027

A row about effort at Skeid

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

Transfer targets5 Apr 2027

Red Bull Salzburg tell Skeid: Tejiri Adejenughure is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The dugout5 Apr 2027

No hiding place for Boubacar Ba

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Boubacar Ba, and the manager let it.

Market5 Apr 2027

Talks stall between Skeid and Jarmund Kvernstuen

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Looking ahead5 Apr 2027

Keivan Ghaedamini goes back to face Lillestrom

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Keivan Ghaedamini’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Skeid needing him to play as if none of it matters.

In brief