The Colon Sentinel
Market16 Aug 2027
Agustín Rodríguez says no to Dinamo Batumi
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Agustín Rodríguez had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Squad16 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Colon
Leandro Méndez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market16 Aug 2027
Colon promote Ignacio Da Silva from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ignacio Da Silva has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market16 Aug 2027
One of our own: Matias Nunez joins the Colon first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Matias Nunez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market16 Aug 2027
One of our own: Gaston Coates joins the Colon first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gaston Coates is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Words at Colon training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tomás Lerman 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 dugout16 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Emiliano Vidart
“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.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
When it matters, Lisandro González plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Nahuel Marzochi 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 Colon, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Agustín Olavarría
- Match Nothing left to play for but pride at Colon
- Squad Good reports on Faustino Choca