The Huracan Buceo Sentinel
Squad15 Feb 2027
Joaquín Noy damages knee ligaments — 14 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 14 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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
74 days out for Matías Gutiérrez after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Huracan Buceo will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Huracan Buceo
Matías Gutiérrez 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.
Boardroom15 Feb 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Huracan Buceo
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Words at Huracan Buceo training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sebastián Medina 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Daniel Santos steps up from the Huracan Buceo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Santos 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Gabriel Barrios steps up from the Huracan Buceo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gabriel Barrios 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Huracan Buceo promote Alejandro Gomez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alejandro Gomez 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Alvaro Cabrera joins the Huracan Buceo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alvaro Cabrera is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Boardroom Huracan Buceo turn down the training-ground plan
- Looking ahead Huracan Buceo take on the side everybody is chasing
- The dugout Diego López keeps his manager's vote