The Progreso Post
Market12 Feb 2029
Nicolás Fernández hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Progreso can pretend not to have heard.
Match10 Feb 2029
The wait goes on for Progreso
7 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.
Squad12 Feb 2029
A one-man rearguard from Andrés Mehring
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
The dugout12 Feb 2029
Rodrigo Muníz: 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.” Progreso have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market12 Feb 2029
The Rentistas deal is off
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Federico Ruiz reports back to Progreso with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Tempers go at Progreso
Agustín Pinheiro 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.
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Progreso
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad12 Feb 2029
A row about effort at Progreso
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Emiliano Álvarez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets12 Feb 2029
Door shut on Simón Rivero
Progreso asked and Boca Juniors said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- The dugout Juan Sebastián Rivero gets it from the manager
- Market Daniel Castro steps up from the Progreso academy
- Market Progreso promote Maximiliano Araujo from within