From our football correspondent
Steady
Market5 Nov 2029
“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.
Market5 Nov 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Huracán is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad5 Nov 2029
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad5 Nov 2029
14 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad5 Nov 2029
The manager makes an example of Erik Godoy
“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.
Squad5 Nov 2029
Huracán will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
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Steady
Market29 Oct 2029
Alexis Dulón 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 Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Squad29 Oct 2029
10 goals and a season average of 7.60. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad29 Oct 2029
Juan Bisanz 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.
Player ratings29 Oct 2029
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad29 Oct 2029
“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.
Squad29 Oct 2029
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
The terraces29 Oct 2029
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Market29 Oct 2029
The Juan Bisanz story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Juan Bisanz signs something — a contract at Huracán or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
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Steady
Market22 Oct 2029
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad22 Oct 2029
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Loan watch22 Oct 2029
“I watch every Huracán game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Al Ahli runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad22 Oct 2029
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Sebastián Ramírez, and the manager let it.
Squad22 Oct 2029
A wage question at Huracán
Facundo Waller has done the arithmetic and does not like the answer. Nothing corrodes a squad faster, and no club has ever solved it by explaining the wage structure to a footballer.
Squad22 Oct 2029
Nehuén Paz 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.
Loan watch22 Oct 2029
25 starts now, an average of 6.79, and the team sheet at Urawa Reds has stopped being a question. Exactly what everybody signed up for.
Market22 Oct 2029
2 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Huracán could get for him.
Market22 Oct 2029
Huracán have made Marcelo Pérez available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Crisis
Market15 Oct 2029
Milton Ríos 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 Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Squad15 Oct 2029
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Aaron Silva and Huracán agree another 5 years.
Squad15 Oct 2029
Leonardo Gil 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.
Market15 Oct 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Huracán is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad15 Oct 2029
The manager makes an example of Eric Ramírez
“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.
Match13 Oct 2029
Belgrano left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Loan watch15 Oct 2029
32 appearances away from home and 11 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Squad15 Oct 2029
A season average of 7.30 with 3 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Player ratings15 Oct 2029
Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
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Steady
Squad8 Oct 2029
There were 10 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market8 Oct 2029
“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.
Market8 Oct 2029
Marcelo Pérez has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Huracán they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad8 Oct 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Facundo Waller and Huracán agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Oct 2029
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad8 Oct 2029
Juan Bisanz is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.45 with 10 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Player ratings8 Oct 2029
A performance of 8.94 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings8 Oct 2029
Marked 8.94 — 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Oct 2029
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad1 Oct 2029
Óscar Cortés is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.59 with 10 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad1 Oct 2029
Juan Bisanz 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.
Player ratings1 Oct 2029
A performance of 9.29 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings1 Oct 2029
Marked 8.84 — 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 Oct 2029
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Facundo Jáuregui, and the manager let it.
Match29 Sep 2029
It finished 3‑3, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Loan watch1 Oct 2029
30 appearances at Vissel Kobe and the goals keep coming. Huracán are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Squad1 Oct 2029
The club’s rules catch up with Leonardo Gil
A breach, a hearing, a week’s wages: Huracán handled it by the book and briefed nobody, which is how you can tell they mean it. The dressing room noticed both halves.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market24 Sep 2029
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market24 Sep 2029
Only the photograph left for Gabriel Alanís
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Gabriel Alanís will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Huracán the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad24 Sep 2029
Leonardo Gil 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings24 Sep 2029
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match22 Sep 2029
2‑3 to Atlético Tucumán, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad24 Sep 2029
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Leonardo Gil, and the manager let it.
Player ratings24 Sep 2029
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.37, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings24 Sep 2029
Marked 8.16 — 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.
Squad24 Sep 2029
Getting past Facundo Jáuregui has become the hardest job in the division
9 clean sheets and counting. Forwards used to back themselves here; now they shoot early, shoot wide, and look for somebody to blame.
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Upbeat
Market17 Sep 2029
“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.
Player ratings17 Sep 2029
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 27 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad17 Sep 2029
16 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad17 Sep 2029
Juan Bisanz 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.
Squad17 Sep 2029
Óscar Cortés is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.55 with 9 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Market17 Sep 2029
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Lautaro Catanzano will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Huracán the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Player ratings17 Sep 2029
Marked 9.30 — 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.
Player ratings17 Sep 2029
Defensive actions: 20, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Match15 Sep 2029
It finished 1‑0, and it was Facundo Waller’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Huracán.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Player ratings10 Sep 2029
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 33 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad10 Sep 2029
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market10 Sep 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Huracán is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market10 Sep 2029
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad10 Sep 2029
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Sep 2029
10 goals and a season average of 7.45. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Player ratings10 Sep 2029
A defender's afternoon for Leonardo Gil
Defensive actions: 21. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Loan watch10 Sep 2029
“I did not go to Baniyas to sit and watch. I want to come back to Huracán and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 34 matches say the rest.
Squad10 Sep 2029
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Rodrigo González, and the manager let it.
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Steady
Squad3 Sep 2029
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market3 Sep 2029
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad3 Sep 2029
Juan Bisanz 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.
Match1 Sep 2029
1‑2 to Sarmiento, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Loan watch3 Sep 2029
“I watch every Huracán game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Kashiwa Reysol runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad3 Sep 2029
Eric Ramírez 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.
Player ratings3 Sep 2029
Marked 8.91 — 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.
Market3 Sep 2029
The phone has started ringing about Lautaro Catanzano again, and this time the name on the line is Inter. Huracán are listening politely and promising nothing.
Boardroom3 Sep 2029
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
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Upbeat
Market27 Aug 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Market27 Aug 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Huracán is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match25 Aug 2029
Huracán cannot stop winning
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad27 Aug 2029
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings27 Aug 2029
A performance of 9.42 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings27 Aug 2029
Defensive actions: 21, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Match25 Aug 2029
A 1‑0 win over Banfield, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings27 Aug 2029
A performance of 8.19 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Loan watch27 Aug 2029
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Huracán, and 0 appearances in 8 say he has earned the hearing.
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Upbeat
Market20 Aug 2029
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad20 Aug 2029
Óscar Cortés is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.58 with 9 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad20 Aug 2029
Juan Bisanz 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.
Player ratings20 Aug 2029
A performance of 9.40 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match18 Aug 2029
It finished 3‑1, and it was Maximiliano Romero’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Huracán.
Player ratings20 Aug 2029
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.60, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings20 Aug 2029
Marked 8.33 — 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.
Loan watch20 Aug 2029
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Huracán, and 4 appearances in 32 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad20 Aug 2029
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gerónimo Ulibarri, and the manager let it.
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Steady
Market13 Aug 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Market13 Aug 2029
Only the photograph left for Marcelo Pérez
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Marcelo Pérez will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Huracán the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad13 Aug 2029
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market13 Aug 2029
Nea Salamis come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Huracán did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad13 Aug 2029
Defences have started doubling up on Juan Bisanz
10 goals and a season average of 7.50 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Player ratings13 Aug 2029
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match11 Aug 2029
Three points for Huracán, 2‑1 the final word against Racing Club in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings13 Aug 2029
A performance of 8.84 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings13 Aug 2029
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.30, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
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Steady
Squad6 Aug 2029
“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.
Market6 Aug 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Squad6 Aug 2029
Leonardo Gil 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.
Squad6 Aug 2029
Defences have started doubling up on Óscar Cortés
8 goals and a season average of 7.52 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Player ratings6 Aug 2029
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings6 Aug 2029
Marked 9.06 — 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.
Loan watch6 Aug 2029
“I watch every Huracán game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Guarani runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad6 Aug 2029
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Facundo Jáuregui, and the manager let it.
Match4 Aug 2029
A 2‑2 draw with Rosario Central leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Crisis
Market30 Jul 2029
“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.
Market30 Jul 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Huracán is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad30 Jul 2029
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market30 Jul 2029
The deal that would have taken Lautaro Catanzano to Godoy Cruz has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Huracán with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Player ratings30 Jul 2029
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad30 Jul 2029
Defences have started doubling up on Óscar Cortés
7 goals and a season average of 7.46 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Match28 Jul 2029
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Loan watch30 Jul 2029
“I did not go to Kashiwa Reysol to sit and watch. I want to come back to Huracán and fight for my place.” 7 appearances in 23 matches say the rest.
Squad30 Jul 2029
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Sebastián Ramírez, and the manager let it.
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Upbeat
Market23 Jul 2029
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market23 Jul 2029
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Marcelo Pérez reports back to Huracán with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Player ratings23 Jul 2029
A defender's afternoon for César Ibáñez
Defensive actions: 26. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad23 Jul 2029
Juan Bisanz 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.
Squad23 Jul 2029
9 goals and a season average of 7.49. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Player ratings23 Jul 2029
Defensive actions: 20, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Match21 Jul 2029
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Maximiliano Romero. 1‑0 against Barracas Central, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings23 Jul 2029
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.12, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Loan watch23 Jul 2029
“I watch every Huracán game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Junior runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
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Steady
Market16 Jul 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Market16 Jul 2029
The fee is $1.6M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Boca Juniors drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad16 Jul 2029
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Loan watch16 Jul 2029
“I did not go to Baniyas to sit and watch. I want to come back to Huracán and fight for my place.” 6 appearances in 26 matches say the rest.
Market16 Jul 2029
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Huracán will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Market16 Jul 2029
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Eric Ramírez’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Squad16 Jul 2029
Somebody is after Leonardo Gil’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Leonardo Gil suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Huracán have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Squad16 Jul 2029
Nehuén Paz knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Nehuén Paz trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad16 Jul 2029
Milton Ríos has seen what the next man earns
Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Huracán that is a harder question to answer.
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Steady
Market9 Jul 2029
Nehuén Paz 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 Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Squad9 Jul 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Leonardo Gil and Huracán agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad9 Jul 2029
Juan Bisanz 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.
Market9 Jul 2029
Huracán say no — this time
The offer from Estudiantes for Axel Baltar was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market9 Jul 2029
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Huracán will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Loan watch9 Jul 2029
Brian Martínez: I did not sign for Huracán to play for other people
“Every summer it is another club, another set of team-mates, another manager to convince. I have done all that. Now I want a pre-season at Huracán and a proper look at me.” He remains Guarani’s player until the spell runs out — but the argument is with the club that owns him.
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Steady
Market2 Jul 2029
“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.
Market2 Jul 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Huracán is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad2 Jul 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Leonardo Gil commits to Huracán for another 2 years.
Squad2 Jul 2029
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market2 Jul 2029
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Huracán have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Loan watch2 Jul 2029
“Three loans in three years. At some point a club has to decide if I am their player or their asset.” The spell at Kashiwa Reysol continues; the message travels home.
Boardroom2 Jul 2029
$4.0M on the table at Huracán
The board have answered with money instead of encouragement, which is the only answer a manager ever wants. Spending it well is now entirely his problem.
Market2 Jul 2029
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Huracán will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Boardroom2 Jul 2029
$2.9M a year onto the Huracán books
A new partner, a signature and a photograph nobody will remember. It funds a fortnight of wages, which is more than most headlines on this page can say for themselves.
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Steady
Match25 Jun 2029
Huracán up to position 1
29 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Market25 Jun 2029
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market25 Jun 2029
Only the photograph left for Marcelo Pérez
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Marcelo Pérez will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Huracán the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad25 Jun 2029
Juan Bisanz 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.
Market25 Jun 2029
The name of Axel Baltar has come up in conversations Huracán were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Loan watch25 Jun 2029
“I watch every Huracán game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Junior runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
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Steady
Market18 Jun 2029
Marcelo Pérez 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 Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Market18 Jun 2029
Only the photograph left for Matías Cóccaro
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Matías Cóccaro will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Huracán the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad18 Jun 2029
Leonardo Gil 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market18 Jun 2029
Add another name to the list: Rentistas have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Ramiro Pral. The answer from Huracán has not changed — yet.
Loan watch18 Jun 2029
“I watch every Huracán game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Baniyas runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Market18 Jun 2029
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Huracán will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad18 Jun 2029
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Facundo Jáuregui trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad18 Jun 2029
“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.
Squad18 Jun 2029
A wage question at Huracán
Felipe Obradovich has done the arithmetic and does not like the answer. Nothing corrodes a squad faster, and no club has ever solved it by explaining the wage structure to a footballer.
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Steady
Match6 Jun 2029
The small margins put Huracán out
Out, 0‑1 to Independiente Rivadavia, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Market11 Jun 2029
Nehuén Paz 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 Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings11 Jun 2029
Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad11 Jun 2029
Juan Bisanz 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.
Market11 Jun 2029
The paperwork is done: Gerónimo Ulibarri joins from Morón in a deal worth $270.0K. Now comes the harder part.
Squad11 Jun 2029
Defences have started doubling up on Juan Bisanz
9 goals and a season average of 7.50 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Loan watch11 Jun 2029
“I watch every Huracán game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Guarani runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad11 Jun 2029
“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.
Market11 Jun 2029
Instituto are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Huracán will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
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Steady
Market4 Jun 2029
The bid was some way short and Huracán did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market4 Jun 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Market4 Jun 2029
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Agustín Dattola will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Huracán the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad4 Jun 2029
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market4 Jun 2029
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Huracán have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Boardroom4 Jun 2029
$4.0M on the table at Huracán
The board have answered with money instead of encouragement, which is the only answer a manager ever wants. Spending it well is now entirely his problem.
Loan watch4 Jun 2029
“I watch every Huracán game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Kashiwa Reysol runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad4 Jun 2029
César Ibáñez knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and César Ibáñez trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad4 Jun 2029
The captaincy has been taken off César Ibáñez. Huracán will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
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Steady
Match28 May 2029
Huracán refuse to drop out of the race
Position 1, 29 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.
Market28 May 2029
Milton Ríos 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 Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings28 May 2029
Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market28 May 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Huracán is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad28 May 2029
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad28 May 2029
7 goals and a season average of 7.47. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Match23 May 2029
Independiente left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Loan watch28 May 2029
“I watch every Huracán game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Junior runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad28 May 2029
“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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Upbeat
Market21 May 2029
Martín Nervo 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 Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Market21 May 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Huracán is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad21 May 2029
Juan Bisanz 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.
Loan watch21 May 2029
“I did not go to Baniyas to sit and watch. I want to come back to Huracán and fight for my place.” 6 appearances in 18 matches say the rest.
Squad21 May 2029
The manager makes an example of Gino Barbieri
“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.
Squad21 May 2029
Nehuén Paz knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Nehuén Paz trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market21 May 2029
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Nazareno Roselli’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Loan watch21 May 2029
11 appearances away from home and 4 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Market21 May 2029
1 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Huracán money.
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Upbeat
Market14 May 2029
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad14 May 2029
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 May 2029
Juan Bisanz is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.50 with 9 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Player ratings14 May 2029
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.41, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings14 May 2029
Marked 8.96 — 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.
Player ratings14 May 2029
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Loan watch14 May 2029
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Huracán, and 5 appearances in 21 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad14 May 2029
The manager makes an example of Agustín Dattola
“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.
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Upbeat
Market7 May 2029
“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.
Market7 May 2029
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Huracán they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad7 May 2029
Juan Bisanz 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.
Loan watch7 May 2029
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Huracán, and 4 appearances in 11 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad7 May 2029
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Huracán have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
Boardroom7 May 2029
Huracán release $4.0M for the manager
The board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.
Squad7 May 2029
The manager makes an example of Marcelo Pérez
“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.
Market7 May 2029
The Juan Bisanz story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Juan Bisanz signs something — a contract at Huracán or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Squad7 May 2029
Facundo Kalinger 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.
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Upbeat
Match30 Apr 2029
Huracán up to position 1
26 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Market30 Apr 2029
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market30 Apr 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Huracán is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad30 Apr 2029
Leonardo Gil 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match28 Apr 2029
Belgrano left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Player ratings30 Apr 2029
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad30 Apr 2029
Defences have started doubling up on Óscar Cortés
6 goals and a season average of 7.39 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Squad30 Apr 2029
“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 watch30 Apr 2029
“I watch every Huracán game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Junior runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
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Triumph
Match18 Apr 2029
Cup progress for Huracán
A 3‑1 win over Morón, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Match21 Apr 2029
13 unbeaten for Huracán
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 13 matches without defeat is a foundation Huracán did not have in the autumn.
Player ratings23 Apr 2029
Defensive actions: 31, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Market23 Apr 2029
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad23 Apr 2029
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market23 Apr 2029
Matías Cóccaro has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Huracán they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad23 Apr 2029
Juan Bisanz 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.
Player ratings23 Apr 2029
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.89, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings23 Apr 2029
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.24, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
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Steady
Market16 Apr 2029
Nehuén Paz 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 Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Match14 Apr 2029
Still nobody has beaten Huracán
The unbeaten run reaches 11. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Juan Bisanz is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.45 with 8 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Player ratings16 Apr 2029
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.97, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad16 Apr 2029
“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.
Player ratings16 Apr 2029
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.22, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings16 Apr 2029
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Loan watch16 Apr 2029
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Huracán, and 5 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.
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Upbeat
Match7 Apr 2029
4‑1, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Market9 Apr 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Match7 Apr 2029
10 unbeaten for Huracán
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 10 matches without defeat is a foundation Huracán did not have in the autumn.
Market9 Apr 2029
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Huracán they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad9 Apr 2029
Juan Bisanz 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.
Player ratings9 Apr 2029
A performance of 10.00 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings9 Apr 2029
Marked 8.92 — 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.
Squad9 Apr 2029
“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.
Player ratings9 Apr 2029
A performance of 8.44 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
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Steady
Match2 Apr 2029
Huracán refuse to drop out of the race
Position 1, 19 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.
Market2 Apr 2029
“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.
Match31 Mar 2029
Still nobody has beaten Huracán
The unbeaten run reaches 9. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Player ratings2 Apr 2029
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad2 Apr 2029
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings2 Apr 2029
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.40, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings2 Apr 2029
A performance of 9.04 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match31 Mar 2029
Three points for Huracán, 2‑1 the final word against Aldosivi in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Loan watch2 Apr 2029
“I did not go to Junior to sit and watch. I want to come back to Huracán and fight for my place.” 4 appearances in 12 matches say the rest.
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Steady
Market26 Mar 2029
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings26 Mar 2029
Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market26 Mar 2029
Matías Cóccaro has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Huracán they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match24 Mar 2029
Whatever happens, Huracán do not lose
8 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad26 Mar 2029
Juan Bisanz 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.
Market26 Mar 2029
Add another name to the list: Nashville SC have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Santiago Ferez. The answer from Huracán has not changed — yet.
Player ratings26 Mar 2029
A mark of 7.81, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Squad26 Mar 2029
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Federico Gomes Gerth, and the manager let it.
Player ratings26 Mar 2029
The one thing Juan Bisanz could not do
Shots: 9, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
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Steady
Market19 Mar 2029
“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 Mar 2029
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match17 Mar 2029
Whatever happens, Huracán do not lose
7 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Player ratings19 Mar 2029
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings19 Mar 2029
A performance of 8.64 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Loan watch19 Mar 2029
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Huracán, and 4 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.
Match17 Mar 2029
It finished 2‑2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad19 Mar 2029
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Matías Cóccaro, and the manager let it.
Squad19 Mar 2029
5 goals and a season average of 7.21. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
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Upbeat
Match10 Mar 2029
Banfield will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Huracán were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Market12 Mar 2029
“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.
Market12 Mar 2029
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Emiliano Purita will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Huracán the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Player ratings12 Mar 2029
Defensive actions: 24, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad12 Mar 2029
Leonardo Gil 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.
Match10 Mar 2029
Whatever happens, Huracán do not lose
6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Player ratings12 Mar 2029
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.16, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings12 Mar 2029
A performance of 8.92 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings12 Mar 2029
A performance of 8.71 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
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Steady
Market5 Mar 2029
“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.
Squad5 Mar 2029
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Juan Bisanz and Huracán agree another 4 years.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings5 Mar 2029
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad5 Mar 2029
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ignacio Chicco, and the manager let it.
Match3 Mar 2029
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Player ratings5 Mar 2029
Shots: 7, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
Market5 Mar 2029
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Eric Ramírez’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Player ratings5 Mar 2029
The one thing Óscar Cortés could not do
Shots: 5, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
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Upbeat
Market26 Feb 2029
Martín Nervo 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 Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings26 Feb 2029
Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market26 Feb 2029
Matías Cóccaro has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Huracán they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad26 Feb 2029
Juan Bisanz 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.
Player ratings26 Feb 2029
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.55, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad26 Feb 2029
“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.
Match24 Feb 2029
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad26 Feb 2029
César Ibáñez finally opens his account
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Huracán have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Market26 Feb 2029
The Juan Bisanz talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Huracán know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Triumph
Market19 Feb 2029
“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 Feb 2029
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market19 Feb 2029
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Match17 Feb 2029
Huracán cannot stop winning
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad19 Feb 2029
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings19 Feb 2029
Defensive actions: 21. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Player ratings19 Feb 2029
Marked 9.21 — 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.
Match17 Feb 2029
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Juan Bisanz. 2‑0 against Rosario Central, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings19 Feb 2029
A performance of 8.30 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
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Upbeat
Squad12 Feb 2029
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market12 Feb 2029
“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.
Market12 Feb 2029
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Emiliano Purita will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Huracán the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Juan Bisanz 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.
Player ratings12 Feb 2029
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market12 Feb 2029
The name of Martín Soto has come up in conversations Huracán were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Match10 Feb 2029
Godoy Cruz made Huracán work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings12 Feb 2029
Marked 8.80 — 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.
Player ratings12 Feb 2029
A performance of 8.68 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
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Upbeat
Market5 Feb 2029
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad5 Feb 2029
“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.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market5 Feb 2029
The shirt still fits. José Arce is back at Huracán, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market5 Feb 2029
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Juan Carlos Vázquez is a Huracán player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market5 Feb 2029
As if he never left: Martín Campos returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Martín Campos is a Huracán player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Player ratings5 Feb 2029
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.
Player ratings5 Feb 2029
A performance of 8.81 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings5 Feb 2029
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.72, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
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Steady
Market29 Jan 2029
Martín Nervo 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 Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Squad29 Jan 2029
Juan Bisanz 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.
Squad29 Jan 2029
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Agustín Dattola trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market29 Jan 2029
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Felipe Obradovich’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Market29 Jan 2029
4 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Huracán money.
Market29 Jan 2029
The shop window has Alexis Dulón in it
Huracán have let the market know Alexis Dulón can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
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Steady
Market22 Jan 2029
“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.
Squad22 Jan 2029
Leonardo Gil 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Loan watch22 Jan 2029
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Huracán, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad22 Jan 2029
Martín Nervo knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Martín Nervo trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market22 Jan 2029
The name of Eric Ramírez keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Huracán say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad22 Jan 2029
Lucas Carrizo has seen what the next man earns
Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Huracán that is a harder question to answer.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market15 Jan 2029
Huracán say no — this time
The offer from Alanyaspor for Facundo Jáuregui was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market15 Jan 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Market15 Jan 2029
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Emiliano Purita will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Huracán the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Juan Bisanz 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.
Squad15 Jan 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Rodrigo Cabral and Huracán agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad15 Jan 2029
16 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Steady
Market8 Jan 2029
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad8 Jan 2029
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Huracán may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad8 Jan 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Facundo Jáuregui commits to Huracán for another 5 years.
Squad8 Jan 2029
The award goes to Facundo Jáuregui, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.
Market8 Jan 2029
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Nazareno Roselli signs something — a contract at Huracán or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
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Steady
Squad1 Jan 2029
Juan Bisanz is named among the best
There are footballers who have a good season and footballers a season is remembered for, and the second kind get their names read out in a hall in the summer. Huracán will be quietly delighted and privately nervous.
Market1 Jan 2029
“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.
Squad1 Jan 2029
Mateo Mamani: 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.” Huracán have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad1 Jan 2029
Leonardo Gil 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.
Squad1 Jan 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Mauro Villar and Huracán agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market1 Jan 2029
“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.
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Steady
Market25 Dec 2028
“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.
Market25 Dec 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad25 Dec 2028
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Loan watch25 Dec 2028
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Huracán, and 7 appearances in 21 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad25 Dec 2028
Lucas Carrizo 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.
Market25 Dec 2028
Rosario Central are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Huracán will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
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Steady
Boardroom18 Dec 2028
Continental nights are coming to Huracán
Qualification is secured, and next season the big floodlit nights are continental ones. For the players it is a stage; for the accounts it is a lifeline; for the supporters it is passports.
Market18 Dec 2028
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad18 Dec 2028
Juan Bisanz is named among the best
There are footballers who have a good season and footballers a season is remembered for, and the second kind get their names read out in a hall in the summer. Huracán will be quietly delighted and privately nervous.
Market18 Dec 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Huracán they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad18 Dec 2028
Leonardo Gil 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.
Squad18 Dec 2028
17 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad18 Dec 2028
Aaron Silva 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 watch18 Dec 2028
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Huracán, and 4 appearances in 25 say he has earned the hearing.
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Steady
Market11 Dec 2028
“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.
Market11 Dec 2028
Huracán say no — this time
The offer from Rosario Central for Leandro Garate was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad11 Dec 2028
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market11 Dec 2028
No place for Lucas Ortíz in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Lucas Ortíz has his answer from Huracán; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Squad11 Dec 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Huracán, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market11 Dec 2028
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Nazareno Roselli signs something — a contract at Huracán or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
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Steady
Market4 Dec 2028
“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.
Squad4 Dec 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Leonardo Gil commits to Huracán for another 2 years.
Market4 Dec 2028
Huracán say no — this time
The offer from Universidad de Concepcion for Lucas Ortíz was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad4 Dec 2028
Leonardo Gil 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.
Market4 Dec 2028
The name of Brian Martínez has come up in conversations Huracán were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market4 Dec 2028
Patronato are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Huracán will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
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Steady
Market27 Nov 2028
“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 Nov 2028
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad27 Nov 2028
15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Loan watch27 Nov 2028
“I did not go to Sharjah to sit and watch. I want to come back to Huracán and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 17 matches say the rest.
Squad27 Nov 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Natanael Samaniego, and the manager let it.
Squad27 Nov 2028
Nazareno Durán 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market20 Nov 2028
“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.
Squad20 Nov 2028
Juan Bisanz 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.
Squad20 Nov 2028
19 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad20 Nov 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Martín Nervo, and the manager let it.
Loan watch20 Nov 2028
“I watch every Huracán game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Bahia runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad20 Nov 2028
Eric Ramírez 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.
Market20 Nov 2028
The Juan Bisanz story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Juan Bisanz signs something — a contract at Huracán or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Market20 Nov 2028
Huracán have made Maximiliano Romero available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Market20 Nov 2028
7 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Huracán could get for him.
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Crisis
Market13 Nov 2028
“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.
Squad13 Nov 2028
11 goals and a season average of 7.53. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Match8 Nov 2028
4‑5 to Boca Juniors, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad13 Nov 2028
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad13 Nov 2028
César Ibáñez 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.
Player ratings13 Nov 2028
A performance of 8.73 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings13 Nov 2028
A performance of 8.69 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad13 Nov 2028
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Nazareno Durán knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Player ratings13 Nov 2028
5.72 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
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Steady
Squad6 Nov 2028
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Huracán may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market6 Nov 2028
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad6 Nov 2028
Juan Bisanz 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.
Squad6 Nov 2028
Juan Bisanz is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.50 with 10 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Match1 Nov 2028
Three points for Huracán, 2‑1 the final word against Talleres in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings6 Nov 2028
A performance of 8.94 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad6 Nov 2028
“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.
Market6 Nov 2028
Experience through the door at Huracán
Israel Coll arrives at 35 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Player ratings6 Nov 2028
Successful dribbles: 12. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad30 Oct 2028
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad30 Oct 2028
The manager makes an example of Nehuén Paz
“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.
Loan watch30 Oct 2028
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Huracán, and 3 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.
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Uneasy
Squad23 Oct 2028
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings23 Oct 2028
A defender's afternoon for Lucas Carrizo
Defensive actions: 34. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Market23 Oct 2028
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Juan Bisanz 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.
Player ratings23 Oct 2028
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 21 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Player ratings23 Oct 2028
A performance of 9.06 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad23 Oct 2028
55 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Player ratings23 Oct 2028
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 20 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Defences have started doubling up on Óscar Cortés
5 goals and a season average of 7.49 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
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Uneasy
Market16 Oct 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Squad16 Oct 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” César Ibáñez and Huracán agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad16 Oct 2028
Leonardo Gil 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Loan watch16 Oct 2028
“I did not go to Baniyas to sit and watch. I want to come back to Huracán and fight for my place.” 5 appearances in 15 matches say the rest.
Squad16 Oct 2028
The manager makes an example of Mateo Mamani
“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.
Squad16 Oct 2028
“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.
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Uneasy
Market9 Oct 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Match7 Oct 2028
The wait goes on for Huracán
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad9 Oct 2028
Juan Bisanz is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.52 with 10 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad9 Oct 2028
Juan Bisanz 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.
Squad9 Oct 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Lucas Ortíz commits to Huracán for another 4 years.
Player ratings9 Oct 2028
A performance of 8.91 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad9 Oct 2028
Lucas Ortíz 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.
Match7 Oct 2028
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Player ratings9 Oct 2028
Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
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Uneasy
Market2 Oct 2028
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings2 Oct 2028
Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match30 Sep 2028
No end in sight to Huracán's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Huracán has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad2 Oct 2028
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad2 Oct 2028
Defences have started doubling up on Juan Bisanz
9 goals and a season average of 7.48 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Player ratings2 Oct 2028
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.66, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Loan watch2 Oct 2028
“Every summer it is another club, another set of team-mates, another manager to convince. I have done all that. Now I want a pre-season at Huracán and a proper look at me.” He remains Bahia’s player until the spell runs out — but the argument is with the club that owns him.
Squad2 Oct 2028
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Loan watch2 Oct 2028
“I did not go to Sharjah to sit and watch. I want to come back to Huracán and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
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Crisis
Match23 Sep 2028
1‑5 to River Plate, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Market25 Sep 2028
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad25 Sep 2028
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad25 Sep 2028
Juan Bisanz 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.
Player ratings25 Sep 2028
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad25 Sep 2028
Juan Bisanz is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.44 with 8 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad25 Sep 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Leonardo Gil, and the manager let it.
Player ratings25 Sep 2028
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.90, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Boardroom25 Sep 2028
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
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Crisis
Market18 Sep 2028
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings18 Sep 2028
Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad18 Sep 2028
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad18 Sep 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Maximiliano Romero, and the manager let it.
Match16 Sep 2028
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad18 Sep 2028
4 goals and a season average of 7.38. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Loan watch18 Sep 2028
“I watch every Huracán game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Baniyas runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad18 Sep 2028
César Ibáñez knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and César Ibáñez trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The terraces18 Sep 2028
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
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Steady
Match11 Sep 2028
Huracán are in among the leaders
Position 2 and 17 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Market11 Sep 2028
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings11 Sep 2028
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Loan watch11 Sep 2028
“I watch every Huracán game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Kasimpasa runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Match9 Sep 2028
Barracas Central left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Boardroom11 Sep 2028
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Squad11 Sep 2028
“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.
Squad11 Sep 2028
César Ibáñez knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Huracán, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Upbeat
Market4 Sep 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Juan Bisanz 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.
Player ratings4 Sep 2028
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.
Loan watch4 Sep 2028
“I did not go to FC Cincinnati to sit and watch. I want to come back to Huracán and fight for my place.” 6 appearances in 19 matches say the rest.
Match2 Sep 2028
A 1‑0 win over Temperley, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings4 Sep 2028
A performance of 8.00 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad4 Sep 2028
The manager makes an example of Nehuén Paz
“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.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Huracán will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
Squad4 Sep 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Huracán, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Market28 Aug 2028
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Leonardo Gil 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad28 Aug 2028
8 goals and a season average of 7.45. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Player ratings28 Aug 2028
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.04, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Eric Ramírez 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.
Player ratings28 Aug 2028
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings28 Aug 2028
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.68, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Loan watch28 Aug 2028
“I did not go to Bahia to sit and watch. I want to come back to Huracán and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
Match26 Aug 2028
It needed Nazareno Roselli to find the net to bring anything home at all: 2‑2 against Sarmiento, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
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Upbeat
Market21 Aug 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Juan Bisanz 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.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Leonardo Gil 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.
Match19 Aug 2028
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Defences have started doubling up on Óscar Cortés
4 goals and a season average of 7.37 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Loan watch21 Aug 2028
“I did not go to Gijón to sit and watch. I want to come back to Huracán and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 30 matches say the rest.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Martín Nervo knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Huracán, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market21 Aug 2028
The Juan Bisanz story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Juan Bisanz signs something — a contract at Huracán or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
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Upbeat
Player ratings14 Aug 2028
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 40 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Market14 Aug 2028
Milton Ríos 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 Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Match12 Aug 2028
Huracán make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Huracán have 3 straight wins of it.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings14 Aug 2028
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings14 Aug 2028
Marked 9.38 — 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.
Player ratings14 Aug 2028
A performance of 9.01 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match12 Aug 2028
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Juan Bisanz. 2‑0 against Gimnasia La Plata, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Juan Bisanz is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.41 with 7 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
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Match5 Aug 2028
4‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Market7 Aug 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings7 Aug 2028
Defensive actions: 26, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings7 Aug 2028
Defensive actions: 24, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Juan Bisanz 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.
Player ratings7 Aug 2028
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.51, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings7 Aug 2028
A performance of 9.36 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad7 Aug 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Juan Bisanz, and the manager let it.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Defences have started doubling up on Juan Bisanz
6 goals and a season average of 7.35 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
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Steady
Market31 Jul 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Squad31 Jul 2028
“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.
Squad31 Jul 2028
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Player ratings31 Jul 2028
A defender's afternoon for Leonardo Gil
Defensive actions: 27. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Market31 Jul 2028
Only the photograph left for Fabio Pereyra
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Fabio Pereyra will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Huracán the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market31 Jul 2028
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Talleres moved on, Leandro Garate reports back to Huracán, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings31 Jul 2028
Defensive actions: 22, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings31 Jul 2028
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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Steady
Market24 Jul 2028
“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.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Juan Bisanz 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.
Player ratings24 Jul 2028
Marked 9.18 — 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.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Martín Nervo 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.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Juan Bisanz is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.27 with 5 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Match22 Jul 2028
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Lucas Carrizo knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Lucas Carrizo trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Player ratings24 Jul 2028
Shots: 9. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
Player ratings24 Jul 2028
Shots: 9, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
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Steady
Squad17 Jul 2028
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market17 Jul 2028
Huracán say no — this time
The offer from Talleres for Leandro Garate was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market17 Jul 2028
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Patricio Pizarro will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Huracán the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings17 Jul 2028
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.42, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Eric Ramírez 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.
Match15 Jul 2028
Three points for Huracán, 2‑0 the final word against Tigre in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad17 Jul 2028
15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Player ratings17 Jul 2028
A performance of 8.25 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
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Steady
Market10 Jul 2028
Only the photograph left for Óscar Romero
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Óscar Romero will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Huracán the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market10 Jul 2028
“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.
Market10 Jul 2028
The chase for Federico Gomes Gerth ended with $770.0K changing hands and Unión de Santa Fe out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Market10 Jul 2028
The chase for Maximiliano Romero ended with $730.0K changing hands and Argentinos Juniors out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Squad10 Jul 2028
Juan Bisanz 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.
Squad10 Jul 2028
14 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
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Steady
Market3 Jul 2028
“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.
Squad3 Jul 2028
Santiago Apa: 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.” Huracán have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market3 Jul 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Huracán is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad3 Jul 2028
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Jul 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nehuén Paz, and the manager let it.
Market3 Jul 2028
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Huracán will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
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Steady
Match26 Jun 2028
Huracán refuse to drop out of the race
Position 1, 28 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.
Market26 Jun 2028
Dynamo Kyiv paid $6.0M and Huracán took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Market26 Jun 2028
“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.
Squad26 Jun 2028
Juan Bisanz 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.
Squad26 Jun 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Leonardo Gil, and the manager let it.
Squad26 Jun 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ignacio Chicco and Huracán agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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Steady
Market19 Jun 2028
“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 Jun 2028
“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.
Market19 Jun 2028
The name of Sebastián Meza has come up in conversations Huracán were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market19 Jun 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Huracán is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad19 Jun 2028
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad19 Jun 2028
Eric Ramírez 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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Steady
Match7 Jun 2028
Huracán out of the cup
Aldosivi ended it 2‑2. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Market12 Jun 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Squad12 Jun 2028
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Sebastián Meza: 1 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Market12 Jun 2028
Only the photograph left for Óscar Romero
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Óscar Romero will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Huracán the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market12 Jun 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Juan Bisanz 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.
Squad12 Jun 2028
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Santiago Moya and Huracán agree another 3 years.
Squad12 Jun 2028
The manager makes an example of Juan Bisanz
“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.
Player ratings12 Jun 2028
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.00, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
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Steady
Squad5 Jun 2028
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Huracán may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market5 Jun 2028
“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.
Market5 Jun 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Huracán is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad5 Jun 2028
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings5 Jun 2028
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Loan watch5 Jun 2028
“I did not go to FC Cincinnati to sit and watch. I want to come back to Huracán and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 6 matches say the rest.
Match31 May 2028
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad5 Jun 2028
“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.
Market5 Jun 2028
Perth Glory are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Huracán will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
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Steady
Squad29 May 2028
Ignacio Chicco decides it from twelve yards
2 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.
Match29 May 2028
Huracán refuse to drop out of the race
Position 1, 28 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.
Market29 May 2028
“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.
Player ratings29 May 2028
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad29 May 2028
Juan Bisanz 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.
Player ratings29 May 2028
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.81, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings29 May 2028
A performance of 8.57 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad29 May 2028
A season average of 7.39 with 5 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Player ratings29 May 2028
The kick that got away from Lautaro Mora
Twelve yards, a goalkeeper guessing, and it still did not go in. He will take the next one, and every soul in the ground will hold their breath.
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Steady
Market22 May 2028
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market22 May 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Huracán is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad22 May 2028
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Upbeat
Market15 May 2028
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market15 May 2028
Only the photograph left for Óscar Romero
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Óscar Romero will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Huracán the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Player ratings15 May 2028
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings15 May 2028
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 24 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad15 May 2028
Juan Bisanz 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.
Player ratings15 May 2028
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.42, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad15 May 2028
The manager makes an example of Lucas Carrizo
“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.
Match13 May 2028
It finished 2‑0, and it was Facundo Waller’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Huracán.
Player ratings15 May 2028
A defender's afternoon for Leonardo Gil
Defensive actions: 18. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
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Steady
Market8 May 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Market8 May 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Huracán is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad8 May 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Leonardo Gil and Huracán agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 May 2028
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad8 May 2028
“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.
Market8 May 2028
Juan Bisanz linked with a move away
The name of Juan Bisanz keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Huracán say nothing, which says plenty.
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Steady
Match1 May 2028
Huracán refuse to drop out of the race
Position 2, 25 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.
Market1 May 2028
“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.
Squad1 May 2028
Juan Bisanz 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.
Player ratings1 May 2028
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match29 Apr 2028
Belgrano left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad1 May 2028
Eric Ramírez 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.
Player ratings1 May 2028
A performance of 8.57 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings1 May 2028
Shots: 12, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
Squad1 May 2028
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
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Triumph
Match19 Apr 2028
Huracán march on in the cup
Atlanta are out and Huracán go through, 3‑1 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Market24 Apr 2028
Milton Ríos 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 Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Market24 Apr 2028
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Patricio Pizarro will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Huracán the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad24 Apr 2028
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match22 Apr 2028
7 unbeaten for Huracán
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Huracán did not have in the autumn.
Player ratings24 Apr 2028
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings24 Apr 2028
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.33, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings24 Apr 2028
A performance of 9.20 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match22 Apr 2028
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Santiago Luján. 2‑1 against Argentinos Juniors, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
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Steady
Squad17 Apr 2028
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market17 Apr 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings17 Apr 2028
Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market17 Apr 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Huracán is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad17 Apr 2028
41 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market17 Apr 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Juan Bisanz 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.
Squad17 Apr 2028
The manager makes an example of Santiago Apa
“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.
Match15 Apr 2028
It needed Eric Ramírez to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against River Plate, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
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Upbeat
Player ratings10 Apr 2028
Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market10 Apr 2028
Fabio Pereyra has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Huracán they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings10 Apr 2028
Marked 8.12 — 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.
Loan watch10 Apr 2028
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Huracán, and 7 appearances in 11 say he has earned the hearing.
Market10 Apr 2028
Everyone has stopped pretending: IA will make the call about Nazareno Durán this week. Huracán have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
Squad10 Apr 2028
“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.
Match8 Apr 2028
It needed Eric Ramírez to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Atlético Tucumán, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Getting past Sebastián Meza has become the hardest job in the division
6 clean sheets and counting. Forwards used to back themselves here; now they shoot early, shoot wide, and look for somebody to blame.
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Triumph
Match3 Apr 2028
Huracán are in among the leaders
Position 2 and 20 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad3 Apr 2028
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market3 Apr 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Match1 Apr 2028
Huracán make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Huracán have 3 straight wins of it.
Squad3 Apr 2028
Juan Bisanz 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.
Player ratings3 Apr 2028
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.35, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Match1 Apr 2028
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Juan Bisanz. 3‑1 against Barracas Central, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings3 Apr 2028
A performance of 9.19 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings3 Apr 2028
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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Triumph
Squad27 Mar 2028
Rodrigo Cabral: 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.” Huracán have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market27 Mar 2028
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market27 Mar 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market27 Mar 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Huracán they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad27 Mar 2028
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings27 Mar 2028
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.
Player ratings27 Mar 2028
A performance of 9.20 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings27 Mar 2028
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.05, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Match25 Mar 2028
Temperley made Huracán work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
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Upbeat
Squad20 Mar 2028
There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market20 Mar 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Market20 Mar 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Huracán is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad20 Mar 2028
The medical room confirms 70 days on the sidelines for Óscar Cortés, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad20 Mar 2028
Juan Bisanz 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.
Player ratings20 Mar 2028
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.
Player ratings20 Mar 2028
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.95, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Match18 Mar 2028
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Juan Bisanz. 2‑0 against Sarmiento, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings20 Mar 2028
Marked 8.49 — 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.
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Steady
Market13 Mar 2028
“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.
Market13 Mar 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Huracán is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Martín Nervo 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.
Market13 Mar 2028
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Huracán have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Match11 Mar 2028
Banfield left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Player ratings13 Mar 2028
Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings13 Mar 2028
Shots: 8, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Nehuén Paz 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.
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Upbeat
Squad6 Mar 2028
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Huracán may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market6 Mar 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Match4 Mar 2028
Huracán cannot stop winning
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Juan Bisanz 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.
Squad6 Mar 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Facundo Waller commits to Huracán for another 3 years.
Player ratings6 Mar 2028
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.04, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad6 Mar 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to César Ibáñez, and the manager let it.
Player ratings6 Mar 2028
Marked 8.80 — 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.
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Steady
Squad28 Feb 2028
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match26 Feb 2028
Racing Club will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Huracán were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Player ratings28 Feb 2028
Defensive actions: 29, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings28 Feb 2028
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 28 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Market28 Feb 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings28 Feb 2028
Defensive actions: 25, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad28 Feb 2028
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings28 Feb 2028
A performance of 9.32 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad28 Feb 2028
The manager makes an example of Lucas Carrizo
“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.
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Uneasy
Boardroom21 Feb 2028
Huracán interviewed the field and appointed the corridor: Martín Bianchi keeps the job he had been doing in all but title. Sometimes the safest pair of hands is the one already holding the wheel.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market21 Feb 2028
Huracán say no — this time
The offer from Djurgarden for Eric Ramírez was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Player ratings21 Feb 2028
Successful dribbles: 29. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market21 Feb 2028
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad21 Feb 2028
103 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market21 Feb 2028
Óscar Romero has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Huracán they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Player ratings21 Feb 2028
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 25 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Juan Bisanz 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.
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Uneasy
Match12 Feb 2028
No end in sight to Huracán's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Huracán has to find a result from somewhere.
Market14 Feb 2028
“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 Feb 2028
“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.
Market14 Feb 2028
Add another name to the list: Djurgarden have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Eric Ramírez. The answer from Huracán has not changed — yet.
Market14 Feb 2028
Fabio Pereyra has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Huracán they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings14 Feb 2028
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 23 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Player ratings14 Feb 2028
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad14 Feb 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Matías Cóccaro, and the manager let it.
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Uneasy
Match5 Feb 2028
The wait goes on for Huracán
8 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Market7 Feb 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings7 Feb 2028
Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Still nobody in the Huracán dugout
37 days with the chair empty, a list of names that grows and shrinks by the day, and not one signature on anything. Every week that passes takes the best candidates off it.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Juan Bisanz 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
As if he never left: Gustavo Romano returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Gustavo Romano is a Huracán player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market7 Feb 2028
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market7 Feb 2028
The shirt still fits. Franco Otero is back at Huracán, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Juan Bisanz 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
Match31 Jan 2028
Huracán sink to position 15
10 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market31 Jan 2028
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad31 Jan 2028
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market31 Jan 2028
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Juan Bisanz’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Squad31 Jan 2028
Agustín Dattola 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.
Market31 Jan 2028
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Emmanuel Ojeda leaves Huracán the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
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Uneasy
Market24 Jan 2028
“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.
Market24 Jan 2028
The bid was some way short and Huracán did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Juan Bisanz 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.
Market24 Jan 2028
Club America pay $580.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Nehuén Paz knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Nehuén Paz trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market24 Jan 2028
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Sebastián Meza’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
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Uneasy
Market17 Jan 2028
Cruz Azul come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Huracán did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market17 Jan 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Squad17 Jan 2028
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Jan 2028
61 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad17 Jan 2028
César Ibáñez knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and César Ibáñez trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad17 Jan 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Máximo Palazzo, and the manager let it.
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Uneasy
Market10 Jan 2028
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market10 Jan 2028
Add another name to the list: Cruz Azul have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Eric Ramírez. The answer from Huracán has not changed — yet.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Juan Bisanz 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.
Boardroom10 Jan 2028
Still nobody in the Huracán dugout
9 days with the chair empty, a list of names that grows and shrinks by the day, and not one signature on anything. Every week that passes takes the best candidates off it.
Squad10 Jan 2028
“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.
Squad10 Jan 2028
César Ibáñez 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.
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Uneasy
Boardroom3 Jan 2028
Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.
Match3 Jan 2028
Every point is an argument now for Huracán
Position 15 and 10 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Market3 Jan 2028
“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.
Boardroom3 Jan 2028
“Somebody has to pick the team on Saturday, and this week that is me.” An interim appointment with no promises attached, which is how most of them start.
Squad3 Jan 2028
Juan Bisanz is named among the best
There are footballers who have a good season and footballers a season is remembered for, and the second kind get their names read out in a hall in the summer. Huracán will be quietly delighted and privately nervous.
Squad3 Jan 2028
Leonardo Gil 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.
Market3 Jan 2028
The Juan Bisanz story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Juan Bisanz signs something — a contract at Huracán or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Squad3 Jan 2028
Santiago Gauna 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.
Boardroom3 Jan 2028
Huracán pull $5.0M back off the table
The money that was there in the summer is not there now. Nobody upstairs calls this a change of ambition, and everybody downstairs reads it as one.
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Crisis
Market27 Dec 2027
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market27 Dec 2027
The fee is $420.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Belgrano drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad27 Dec 2027
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market27 Dec 2027
Newell's Old Boys pay $430.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad27 Dec 2027
Martín Nervo knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Huracán, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Loan watch27 Dec 2027
29 appearances away from home and 8 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Market27 Dec 2027
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Sebastián Meza signs something — a contract at Huracán or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Loan watch27 Dec 2027
34 appearances away from home and 5 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Squad27 Dec 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Sebastián Meza keeps the shirt for now, at Huracán's convenience rather than his own.
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Crisis
Market20 Dec 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 Huracán can pretend not to have heard.
Squad20 Dec 2027
Juan Bisanz is named among the best
There are footballers who have a good season and footballers a season is remembered for, and the second kind get their names read out in a hall in the summer. Huracán will be quietly delighted and privately nervous.
Squad20 Dec 2027
Leonardo Gil 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.
Market20 Dec 2027
Leandro Garate is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Huracán has been clear about where Leandro Garate stands, which is more than many ever get.
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Crisis
Market13 Dec 2027
“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 Huracán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market13 Dec 2027
The fee is $1.3M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Mitre drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market13 Dec 2027
The fee is $1.3M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Defensa y Justicia drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market13 Dec 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Huracán have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Juan Bisanz 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 Huracán this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Loan watch13 Dec 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Huracán, and 3 appearances in 25 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Leonardo Gil knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Huracán, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad13 Dec 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Lautaro Mora, and the manager let it.
Loan watch13 Dec 2027
27 appearances at Audax Italiano and the goals keep coming. Huracán are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.