The Deportivo Colonia Chronicle
Squad15 Feb 2027
Eloy Pereira damages knee ligaments — 83 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 83 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
22 days out for Agustín Acosta after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Deportivo Colonia will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
Juan Pablo Muñoz keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Deportivo Colonia may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad15 Feb 2027
A falling-out at Deportivo Colonia
Nicolás Gómez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom15 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Deportivo Colonia
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Valentín Nogueira 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Deportivo Colonia promote Ignacio Perez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ignacio Perez 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
Deportivo Colonia promote Felipe Torres from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Felipe Torres 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: Kevin Lopez joins the Deportivo Colonia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kevin Lopez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Player ratings Valentín Nogueira takes the honours
- Match Honours even between Deportivo Colonia and Los Halcones
- The dugout The manager’s verdict