The Excursionistas Chronicle
Squad9 Nov 2026
The knee: Franco Romero out for 70 days
70 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Excursionistas lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad9 Nov 2026
82 days out for Alejandro Ávalos after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Excursionistas will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Nicolás Rodríguez stands alone
7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Market9 Nov 2026
Only the photograph left for Matías Blengio
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Matías Blengio will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Excursionistas the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Excursionistas
Mariano Arango and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Miguel López
“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.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Alan Pérez 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.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Fernando Romero chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
The form table has caught Francesco Celeste
Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.
In brief
- Match No goals between Excursionistas and Acassuso
- Market The Andrés Ayala story refuses to die
- Market Talks stall between Excursionistas and Matías Fernández