The Atenas Sentinel
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
Atenas run out of patience with Andres Lopez
The end came on a Tuesday, as these things usually do: a short meeting, a shorter statement, and Andres Lopez clearing his office by noon. Football’s cruellest ritual, performed to schedule.
The dugout12 Feb 2029
Lucas Arzamendia: 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.” Atenas have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
Rodrigo De Arrascaeta steps up at Atenas for now
“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.
Squad12 Feb 2029
César stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” César and Atenas agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad12 Feb 2029
A falling-out at Atenas
César and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Atenas
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
Words at Atenas training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Brian González 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.
Transfer targets12 Feb 2029
Door shut on Pablo Lago
Atenas asked and Juventud said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match10 Feb 2029
A bad afternoon for Atenas against Fenix
1‑2 to Fenix, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
In brief
- Market Atenas promote Emiliano Acosta from within
- Market Jonathan Torres steps up from the Atenas academy
- Market One of our own: Carlos Martinez joins the Atenas first team