The Atlético Tucumán Chronicle
Squad27 Sep 2032
A knee injury of the worst kind for Juan Herrera
31 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Atlético Tucumán lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad27 Sep 2032
Thiago Cardozo 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 Atlético Tucumán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad27 Sep 2032
Words at Atlético Tucumán training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lautaro Godoy 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.
Match25 Sep 2032
Lautaro Taboada the difference as Atlético Tucumán beat Huracán
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Lautaro Taboada. 1‑0 against Huracán, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad27 Sep 2032
Atlético Tucumán lose Iván Ojeda
24 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
The dugout27 Sep 2032
Ramiro Zotelo gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout27 Sep 2032
A promise honoured at Atlético Tucumán
Something was said to Alexandro Maidana and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.
The dugout27 Sep 2032
A satisfied Interim Coach
“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 1‑0, Interim Coach could afford to be generous.
The dugout27 Sep 2032
Lautaro Godoy knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Atlético Tucumán, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Player ratings Francisco Pozzo keeps on missing
- Looking ahead Thiago Cardozo faces his old club
- Player ratings Nothing got past Gianluca Ferrari