The Deportivo Colonia Chronicle
Market1 Apr 2030
Martín Contreras puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Deportivo Colonia, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Apr 2030
Elías Alderete is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Deportivo Colonia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad1 Apr 2030
A falling-out at Deportivo Colonia
Thiago Arévalo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad1 Apr 2030
Deportivo Colonia count the cost of losing Alfonso Montero
29 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad1 Apr 2030
Luis Coates out for 16 days
The medical room confirms 16 days on the sidelines for Luis Coates, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Boardroom1 Apr 2030
Deportivo Colonia are $10.9M in the red
The borrowing is past what the bank agreed, which is the line where a debt stops being how football is financed and starts being a problem. Every phone-in in this town will quote the figure for the next five years.
The dugout1 Apr 2030
No hiding place for Martín Contreras
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Martín Contreras, and the manager let it.
Squad1 Apr 2030
Deportivo Colonia have started building around Maximiliano Garbarino
He used to be one of the options. He is now one of the men the options are picked around, and the change happened quietly enough that only the dressing room noticed on the day.
Looking ahead1 Apr 2030
Facundo Sosa goes back to face Basanez
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Facundo Sosa’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Deportivo Colonia needing him to play as if none of it matters.
In brief
- The dugout Facundo Acosta knocks on the manager's door
- The dugout Elías Alderete has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout A door opens for Maximiliano Garbarino