Iván Romano

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1092 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

1 Jul 2047
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match1 Jul 2047

Chacarita Juniors refuse to drop out of the race

Position 3, 36 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.

Squad1 Jul 2047

Iván Romano says Chacarita Juniors went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market1 Jul 2047

Raúl Ferrari 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 Chacarita Juniors can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings1 Jul 2047

Colo has a hand in both — 7.99

One scored and one made, which is a different afternoon from scoring twice and an easier one to overlook. Marked 7.99, and involved in 2 of his side's goals.

Match29 Jun 2047

Ezequiel Colombo the difference as Chacarita Juniors beat Gimnasia y Tiro

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Ezequiel Colombo. 2‑1 against Gimnasia y Tiro, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad1 Jul 2047

No hiding place for Jesús Peralta

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

Player ratings1 Jul 2047

A masterclass from Ezequiel Colombo

Marked 8.27 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad1 Jul 2047

Chacarita Juniors pick somebody else ahead of Pablo González

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

Player ratings1 Jul 2047

Nobody could get near Roberto Cabrera

Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

Back issues
1064 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

17 Dec 2046
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad17 Dec 2046

A fracture rules Ezequiel Colombo out for 15 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Chacarita Juniors will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market17 Dec 2046

Roberto Blanco puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Chacarita Juniors, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad17 Dec 2046

Iván Romano says Chacarita Juniors went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

In brief

1057 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

29 Oct 2046
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad29 Oct 2046

Ezequiel Colombo breaks a bone — 64 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 64 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad29 Oct 2046

Benicio Ramos damages knee ligaments — 22 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 22 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.

Squad29 Oct 2046

No hiding place for Iván Romano

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

In brief

1039 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

25 Jun 2046
From our football correspondent Steady

Market25 Jun 2046

Maximiliano Miranda puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Chacarita Juniors, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings25 Jun 2046

Nothing got past Juan Manuel Lombardi

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 22 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

The terraces25 Jun 2046

Chacarita Juniors supporters have found a favourite in Roberto Blanco

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Roberto Blanco has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Player ratings25 Jun 2046

The afternoon belonged to Roberto Blanco

A mark of 7.64, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

Squad25 Jun 2046

When it matters, Jesús Peralta plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Squad25 Jun 2046

The manager makes an example of Iván 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.

Squad25 Jun 2046

José Luis Miranda 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.

Match23 Jun 2046

Chacarita Juniors and San Martín cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. San Martín came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Player ratings25 Jun 2046

Tomás Figueroa was immovable

12 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.

In brief

1035 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

28 May 2046
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad28 May 2046

Pablo Bianchi damages knee ligaments — 29 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 29 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.

Match26 May 2046

Chacarita Juniors tear Gimnasia y Esgrima apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 4‑1 against Gimnasia y Esgrima, and it could have been more.

Player ratings28 May 2046

José Amaral scores twice — 8.62

Two goals and a mark of 8.62 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Player ratings28 May 2046

Matías Pérez scores twice — 8.24

Two goals and a mark of 8.24 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Squad28 May 2046

Iván Romano says Chacarita Juniors went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad28 May 2046

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Jesús Peralta 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 terraces28 May 2046

Chacarita Juniors supporters have found a favourite in Maximiliano Miranda

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 17-year-old it feels ownership of. Maximiliano Miranda has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Player ratings28 May 2046

Roberto Cabrera runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad28 May 2046

When it matters, Jesús Peralta plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

In brief