The Instituto Chronicle
The terraces11 Oct 2032
Supporters organise against the Instituto board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
Market11 Oct 2032
Jonathan Rodríguez asks to leave Instituto
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market11 Oct 2032
Ignacio Marina is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Instituto is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The dugout11 Oct 2032
Fabián Correa: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Instituto have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad11 Oct 2032
A falling-out at Instituto
Lucas Pedraza and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad11 Oct 2032
Instituto lose Maxi
20 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad11 Oct 2032
Joaquín Parras falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout11 Oct 2032
Jonathan Rodríguez asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
The dugout11 Oct 2032
Joaquín Moreira 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.
In brief
- The dugout Renzo Tesuri is still being punished for one mistake
- Market The clock does Lucas Pedraza’s negotiating for him
- Looking ahead Walter Reynoso faces his old club