The Plaza Colonia Chronicle
Squad11 Sep 2034
Agustín Buffa breaks a bone — 62 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 62 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market11 Sep 2034
Facundo Álvez is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Plaza Colonia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The dugout11 Sep 2034
Carlo Villanueva frozen out at Plaza Colonia
This is not rotation. Carlo Villanueva has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Plaza Colonia is pretending otherwise.
Boardroom11 Sep 2034
Plaza Colonia to lose Facundo Álvez for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Facundo Álvez has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad11 Sep 2034
Tempers go at Plaza Colonia
Gerardo Padrón 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.
The dugout11 Sep 2034
No hiding place for Juan Roth
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Juan Roth, and the manager let it.
Squad11 Sep 2034
Plaza Colonia lose Ivan Suarez
22 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad11 Sep 2034
Konrad Nfanseu wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Plaza Colonia can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
The dugout11 Sep 2034
When it matters, Santiago Otegui 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.
In brief
- Market No place for Diego Del Valle in the plan
- Looking ahead Alejandro García goes back to face River Plate
- Market Still no ink between Plaza Colonia and Ulises González