The Deportivo Municipal Post
The terraces12 Nov 2029
The mood at Deportivo Municipal 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.
Squad12 Nov 2029
José Cotrina breaks a bone — 46 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 46 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market12 Nov 2029
Jorge Akamine hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Deportivo Municipal can pretend not to have heard.
Squad12 Nov 2029
Tempers go at Deportivo Municipal
Alejandro Duarte 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.
Squad12 Nov 2029
A row about effort at Deportivo Municipal
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Brady Paz was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout12 Nov 2029
Emmanuel Mas asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market12 Nov 2029
Still no signature from Carlo Urquiaga
6 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Deportivo Municipal could get for him.
The dugout12 Nov 2029
A door opens for Luis González
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
Squad12 Nov 2029
Raul Caceda is starting to belong
Somebody to talk to at the next peg, a few words of the language, and a training ground that has stopped being a foreign country. It never appears in a scouting report and it decides most signings.
In brief
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Alejandro Duarte
- Boardroom The Deportivo Municipal production line keeps running