From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market11 Oct 2027
Nery Bareiro 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 12 de Octubre can pretend not to have heard.
Squad11 Oct 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Alan Paredes and 12 de Octubre agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Boardroom11 Oct 2027
10 days since the seat came open, a list of names doing the rounds, and nobody has signed anything. Every week this drags on the shortlist gets shorter.
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Crisis
Market27 Sep 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad27 Sep 2027
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market27 Sep 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Nery Bareiro may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Crisis
Match6 Sep 2027
11 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at 12 de Octubre
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Market6 Sep 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
$2.2M taken back off the 12 de Octubre table
What was available in the summer has quietly gone. Upstairs nobody will call it a change of ambition; downstairs nobody will call it anything else.
Squad6 Sep 2027
“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 35 with 0 appearances behind him, and 12 de Octubre have to plan for both answers.
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Uneasy
Market23 Aug 2027
Franco Bigo 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 12 de Octubre can pretend not to have heard.
Loan watch23 Aug 2027
“I did not go to River Plate to sit and watch. I want to come back to 12 de Octubre and fight for my place.” 5 appearances in 33 matches say the rest.
Market23 Aug 2027
12 de Octubre have made Nery Bareiro available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Uneasy
Market26 Jul 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Loan watch26 Jul 2027
“I did not go to River Plate to sit and watch. I want to come back to 12 de Octubre and fight for my place.” 5 appearances in 29 matches say the rest.
Market26 Jul 2027
The window shut and Rolando Villagra is still in the building
12 de Octubre spent a month trying to move him and nobody rang back. He trains with a squad that has told him where he stands, and both sides start counting down to the next one.
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Crisis
Match26 Jun 2027
No end in sight to 12 de Octubre 's wait for a win
16 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at 12 de Octubre has to find a result from somewhere.
Boardroom28 Jun 2027
Pressure builds in the 12 de Octubre boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Market28 Jun 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad28 Jun 2027
José Miers gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Loan watch28 Jun 2027
“I did not go to River Plate to sit and watch. I want to come back to 12 de Octubre and fight for my place.” 5 appearances in 25 matches say the rest.
Squad28 Jun 2027
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at 12 de Octubre pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
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Crisis
Match29 May 2027
11 matches without a win for 12 de Octubre
The run now stands at 11, and the questions being asked around 12 de Octubre are no longer polite ones.
Boardroom31 May 2027
Pressure builds in the 12 de Octubre boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Market31 May 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what 12 de Octubre can pretend not to have heard.
Squad31 May 2027
Nery Bareiro gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match29 May 2027
General Caballero left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Loan watch31 May 2027
“I did not go to River Plate to sit and watch. I want to come back to 12 de Octubre and fight for my place.” 5 appearances in 21 matches say the rest.
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Uneasy
Match17 May 2027
Position 12, 8 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Match15 May 2027
9 matches without a win for 12 de Octubre
The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around 12 de Octubre are no longer polite ones.
Market17 May 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad17 May 2027
The manager makes an example of José Benítez
“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.
Squad17 May 2027
Jeferson 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.
Match15 May 2027
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. River Plate will be the happier side with the point.
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Uneasy
Match3 Mar 2027
River Plate are out and 12 de Octubre go through, 2-1 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“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.
Market8 Mar 2027
Lucas Acosta 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 12 de Octubre can pretend not to have heard.
Oscar Coronel Oscar Coronel says 12 de Octubre went back on their word
Squad8 Mar 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Nery Bareiro and 12 de Octubre agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match6 Mar 2027
0-2 to Nacional , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad8 Mar 2027
77 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Crisis
Match27 Feb 2027
5 matches without a win for 12 de Octubre
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around 12 de Octubre are no longer polite ones.
Match27 Feb 2027
0-1 to River Plate , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Marcelo Ríos gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Uneasy
Market14 Dec 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Jeferson signs a new deal“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jeferson commits to 12 de Octubre for another 3 years.
Market14 Dec 2026
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Saul Martínez has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at 12 de Octubre .
Market14 Dec 2026
Experience through the door at 12 de Octubre
Édson Magal arrives at 33 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Nery Bareiro has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Nery Bareiro keeps the shirt for now, at 12 de Octubre 's convenience rather than his own.
Market14 Dec 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Édson Magal may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Uneasy
Market7 Dec 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad7 Dec 2026
28 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market7 Dec 2026
Matías González is free to find somewhere else“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at 12 de Octubre has been clear about where Matías González stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market7 Dec 2026
Marquinhos Pedroso is 33 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Somebody is after Nery Bareiro ’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Nery Bareiro suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. 12 de Octubre have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Uneasy
Market12 Oct 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what 12 de Octubre can pretend not to have heard.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market12 Oct 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. José Benítez may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what 12 de Octubre can pretend not to have heard.
Market10 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jorge Romero keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Jorge Romero plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.