Marked for Marcelo Barreña
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market2 Nov 2026
“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 The request is on a desk at Frontera Rivera, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Facundo Jimenez 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 dugout2 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Marcelo Barreña, and the manager let it.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market26 Oct 2026
“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 The request is on a desk at Frontera Rivera, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Nicolás Quintana and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Facundo Jimenez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market19 Oct 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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Santiago Diaz and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Words at Frontera Rivera training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Joaquin Castro 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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Everybody saw it before anybody said it. At 39 the numbers say 4 points down on what he was, and the question for Frontera Rivera is how to handle a man they owe a great deal.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Frontera Rivera are still strangers to each other
5 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
Market19 Oct 2026
Marcelo Barreña is 39 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.