The Ceuta Gazette
Squad28 May 2029
Jon Hernández damages knee ligaments — 17 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 17 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.
Market28 May 2029
Juan Pablo Chávez 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 The request is on a desk at Ceuta, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market28 May 2029
Redru has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ceuta they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad28 May 2029
Tempers go at Ceuta
Marc Domènech 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.
Squad28 May 2029
A row about effort at Ceuta
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Àlex Guerrero was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match26 May 2029
Cádiz take the points off Ceuta
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout28 May 2029
David Vargas answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
The dugout28 May 2029
The manager makes an example of Marino Illescas
“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.
The dugout28 May 2029
Jeremía Recoba knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Jeremía Recoba trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Player ratings The chances came and went for Marc Domènech
- The dugout Yann Bodiger does not fit this one
- Market The shop window has Jeremía Recoba in it