Facundo Ponce

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Marked for Facundo Ponce

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The Atlanta Post

6 Aug 2035
From our football correspondent Steady

Market6 Aug 2035

Pedro González 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 Atlanta can pretend not to have heard.

Transfer targets6 Aug 2035

Juan Cruz Zurbriggen turns down Atlanta

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: San Telmo keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad6 Aug 2035

Gustavo Méndez 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 Atlanta this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad6 Aug 2035

Facundo Ponce signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Facundo Ponce and Atlanta agree another 3 years.

Market6 Aug 2035

Talks stall between Atlanta and Alejandro Álvarez

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

The dugout6 Aug 2035

Thiago Nahuel gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Thiago Nahuel is on it.

The dugout6 Aug 2035

Alejandro Álvarez 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.

The dugout6 Aug 2035

No hiding place for Raúl Gutiérrez

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Raúl Gutiérrez, and the manager let it.

Market6 Aug 2035

The Pocho story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Pocho signs something — a contract at Atlanta or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

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The Atlanta Post

31 Jul 2034
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets31 Jul 2034

No thanks: Juan Pablo Arregue rejects the move

Atlanta had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Dock Sud, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Market31 Jul 2034

One of our own: Raúl Peralta joins the Atlanta first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Raúl Peralta is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market31 Jul 2034

Matías García steps up from the Atlanta academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Matías García 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.

Market31 Jul 2034

Facundo Ponce steps up from the Atlanta academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Facundo Ponce 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.

Market31 Jul 2034

One of our own: Diego Miranda joins the Atlanta first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Diego Miranda is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Squad31 Jul 2034

Tempers go at Atlanta

Chapa 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.

The dugout31 Jul 2034

Benicio Núñez has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Atlanta will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout31 Jul 2034

No hiding place for Leonardo Castillo

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Leonardo Castillo, and the manager let it.

The dugout31 Jul 2034

José Silva 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.

In brief

  • Squad Leonardo Castillo has had enough of the bench
  • The dugout The manager plants his flag on Pocho
  • Squad Pucho is out on the grass again