The Los Halcones Sentinel
The terraces14 Feb 2028
The mood at Los Halcones has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Squad14 Feb 2028
A fracture rules Cristian Silva out for 57 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Los Halcones will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings14 Feb 2028
Hans Müller, 21, steals the show — 7.75
Marked 7.75 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Mauro Melgarejo 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 Los Halcones this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom14 Feb 2028
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Los Halcones
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.
Transfer targets14 Feb 2028
Los Halcones rebuffed over Felipe Agosto
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Albion have kept their man, and Los Halcones go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Words at Los Halcones training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lucas Talagorria 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.
Match12 Feb 2028
Tomás Rodríguez sends Los Halcones past Alto Peru
It finished 2‑1, and it was Tomás Rodríguez’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Los Halcones.
The terraces14 Feb 2028
One of their own: Hans Müller
He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
In brief
- Market Carlos Rodriguez steps up from the Los Halcones academy
- Market Los Halcones promote Nicolas Cardozo from within
- Market Kevin Suarez steps up from the Los Halcones academy