Luis Giménez

Central Defender - General Diaz
26 Nov 2028
Sunday
Process

Marked for Luis Giménez

88 Edition

The General Diaz Herald

3 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

The terraces

Anger at General Diaz spills outside the ground

It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.

Match

Amín Molinas wins it after the whistle should have gone

92 minutes played. Amín Molinas found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and General Caballero went from a point to nothing inside one movement.

Player ratings

A brace, and Amín Molinas takes the afternoon — 8.55

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Amín Molinas provided it, and the 8.55 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Squad

Valentín Senatore says General Diaz 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.

Squad

Blas Valenzuela 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 General Diaz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at General Diaz training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Reinaldo Benítez 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.

Match

General Diaz find a way past General Caballero

General Caballero made General Diaz work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Amín Molinas

At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Squad

Araujo signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Araujo commits to General Diaz for another 4 years.

In brief

Back issues
45 Edition

The General Diaz Herald

7 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

General Diaz spell it out for Jorge Valdez

The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. Jorge Valdez has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.

Match

Luis Giménez breaks River Plate hearts

Some goals win a match and some take one off somebody else. Luis Giménez scored in the 88th minute, River Plate had already begun thinking about the journey home, and General Diaz took the lot.

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Mateo Durand at 21 — 7.93

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Mateo Durand did not need any: 7.93, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad

Hugo Flores: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” General Diaz have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Blas Valenzuela 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 General Diaz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at General Diaz training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Reinaldo Benítez 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.

The terraces

General Diaz supporters have found a favourite in Mateo Durand

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Mateo Durand 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.

Market

Reinaldo Benítez is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at General Diaz has been clear about where Reinaldo Benítez stands, which is more than many ever get.

Match

General Diaz see off River Plate

Three points for General Diaz, 1‑0 the final word against River Plate in a contest settled by the finer margins.

In brief