The Colon Sentinel
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Colon
Leandro Méndez 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Colon
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Agustín Chopitea was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
No hiding place for Agustín Rodríguez
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Agustín Rodríguez, and the manager let it.
Squad8 Feb 2027
“I want to play”: Agustín Rodríguez speaks
“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Ignacio Milans 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 Ignacio Milans is on it.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Is this Jonathan Ríos’s last season?
“I will know when it is time. I am not there yet.” Jonathan Ríos is 36, with 280 appearances behind him, and Colon will have to plan for whichever answer comes.
In brief
- Market The Faustino Fernández question follows Colon around
- The dugout The manager comes out for Ronald Álvarez