The Sud America Sentinel
Squad15 Feb 2027
A fracture rules Ezequiel Franco out for 26 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Sud America will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Diego Cor in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sud America this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom15 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Sud America
4 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
A row about effort at Sud America
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Gonzalo Sena was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Joaquin Varela joins the Sud America first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Joaquin Varela is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market15 Feb 2027
Jonathan Ramirez steps up from the Sud America academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jonathan Ramirez 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
Sud America promote Jonathan Da Silva from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jonathan Da Silva 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
Sud America promote Ramon Araujo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ramon Araujo 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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Too much change too quickly at Sud America
8 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Sergio Montero plays
- Boardroom Sud America turn down the training-ground plan
- Looking ahead A test against the best for Sud America