The Canadian Post
Match17 Feb 2029
The wait goes on for Canadian
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad19 Feb 2029
Words exchanged at Canadian
Luciano Sotelo 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.
Boardroom19 Feb 2029
Canadian move for Hendrik Puri
The approach has been made to Elva and the answer is somebody else's to give. These things are settled in private and reported in public, usually in that order.
Boardroom19 Feb 2029
Canadian still without a manager
9 days since the seat came open, a list of names doing the rounds, and nobody has signed anything. Every week this drags on the shortlist gets shorter.
Match17 Feb 2029
Rentistas take the points off Canadian
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Boardroom19 Feb 2029
Canadian cannot sign anybody
The embargo bars a fee being paid for a player, whatever the manager thinks the squad needs. Every rumour printed about this club between now and its lifting is a rumour about a deal that cannot happen.
The dugout19 Feb 2029
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Felipe Viera left the room before anybody could ask which.
The dugout19 Feb 2029
Nicolás Ayala 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.
Squad19 Feb 2029
A first team debut at 17 for Ivan Gimenez
Off the academy pitches and into a senior shirt, at 17. The parents in the stand will keep the programme, and so will he.
In brief
- Market Canadian put Lucas Talagorria up for sale
- Market Dylan Pihuala linked with a move away
- Market Joaquín Sánchez runs his contract down