The Getafe Post
Match5 Nov 2042
Getafe through in the cup
A 2‑1 win over Zaragoza, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Squad10 Nov 2042
Tempers go at Getafe
Sebastian Rodriguez 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.
Market10 Nov 2042
Jack Thompson is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Getafe is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad10 Nov 2042
Mario Martín falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match8 Nov 2042
Racing Santander take the points off Getafe
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The terraces10 Nov 2042
Getafe supporters have found a favourite in Iván Lozano
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Iván Lozano has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Player ratings10 Nov 2042
Iván Lozano was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.37. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Player ratings10 Nov 2042
Jon Duran runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad10 Nov 2042
Edward Harris lets one through his hands
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
In brief
- Squad The manager makes an example of Edward Harris
- Player ratings Luis Muñoz ran the game
- Market The Lucas Medina talk will not go away