The Plaza Colonia Chronicle
The terraces11 Feb 2030
Anger at Plaza Colonia spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Squad11 Feb 2030
Nazareno Cappello damages knee ligaments — 109 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 109 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.
Market11 Feb 2030
Michael Covea 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 Plaza Colonia can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout11 Feb 2030
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Squad11 Feb 2030
Words exchanged at Plaza Colonia
Máximo Lorenzi and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom11 Feb 2030
Graduation day at Plaza Colonia
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market11 Feb 2030
One of our own: Alejandro Ramirez joins the Plaza Colonia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alejandro Ramirez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market11 Feb 2030
One of our own: Pablo Coates joins the Plaza Colonia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pablo Coates is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market11 Feb 2030
Sergio Castro steps up from the Plaza Colonia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sergio Castro has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Squad Haibrany Ruiz Díaz falls out with a teammate over standards
- The dugout Ezequías Redín gets it from the manager
- Squad Pablo Viudez has seen what the next man earns