The Basanez Gazette
The dugout8 Mar 2027
Maximo Ingravidi: 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.” Basanez have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Sebastián Medina stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Sebastián Medina and Basanez agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Words exchanged at Basanez
Sebastián Medina 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.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Words at Basanez training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Maximo Ingravidi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The terraces8 Mar 2027
Basanez supporters have found a favourite in Silvio López
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Silvio López has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match6 Mar 2027
Basanez get the job done against Uruguay Montevideo
A 2‑0 win over Uruguay Montevideo, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market8 Mar 2027
Ivan Diaz steps up from the Basanez academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ivan Diaz 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.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Ignacio Lema
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
The afternoon belonged to Silvio López
A mark of 7.61, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
In brief
- Squad A place in the month's best eleven for Maximo Ingravidi
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Mauricio Nievas
- The dugout Joaquin Fernandez has his say