Iván González

Right Forward - Morón
17 Apr 2036
Thursday
Process

Marked for Iván González

503 Edition

The Morón Post

17 Mar 2036
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Morón march on in the cup

Güemes are out and Morón go through, 3‑2 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Match

Morón taken apart

0‑3 to Unión de Santa Fe, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Máximo Tabuchi

There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Player ratings

A brace, and Iván González takes the afternoon — 8.62

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Iván González provided it, and the 8.62 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Player ratings

Carlos Alberto Muñoz, 16, steals the show — 7.81

Marked 7.81 at 16, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Squad

A falling-out at Morón

Iván Vaquero and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The terraces

One of their own: Ricardo Cohen

He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Pablo Romano

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Boardroom

Doors closed at Morón

The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.

In brief

  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • Player ratings Juan Martín Ojeda's mistake decides it
  • Looking ahead A test against the best for Morón
Back issues
499 Edition

The Morón Post

18 Feb 2036
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Emiliano Ponce

33 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Morón lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Match

A hiding for Morón

Beaten 0‑3 by Villa Dálmine, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Squad

Máximo Tabuchi stands alone

7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Match

No end in sight to Morón's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Morón has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

A falling-out at Morón

Iván Vaquero and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Appearance number 200 for Máximo Tabuchi

200 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.

Boardroom

Doors closed at Morón

The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑3 Interim Coach left the room before anybody could ask which.

The dugout

Gringo dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

In brief