Marked for Leonel Mosevich
From our football correspondent
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The dugout5 Apr 2027
Florián Monzón: 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.” Argentinos Juniors have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Player ratings5 Apr 2027
Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Alejandro Leiva is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Hernán López Muñoz was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Nicolás Oroz and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings5 Apr 2027
Manuel Guillén did the work nobody counts — 6.93
10 combined actions and 6.93. The job he did is the one that shows up as other people looking good, and the only reliable way to notice it is to watch what happens on the afternoons he is missing.
Squad5 Apr 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Tobías Machado and Argentinos Juniors agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout5 Apr 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Matías Giménez Rojas, and the manager let it.
Loan watch5 Apr 2027
The goals keep arriving from Maximiliano Romero’s exile
9 goals in 7 games at Colo-Colo — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at Argentinos Juniors updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.
In brief
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The dugout
Leonel Mosevich dropped after a run of poor form
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The dugout
The view from the dugout
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Loan watch
8 goals on loan for Manuel Brondo
Back issues
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Upbeat
Squad21 Dec 2026
A fracture rules Jonathan Galván out for 114 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Instituto will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Boardroom21 Dec 2026
Qualification is done, and next season the floodlights come on for something bigger. A stage for the players, oxygen for the accounts and a passport for everybody else.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Franco Jara 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. Instituto will be quietly delighted and privately nervous.
Market21 Dec 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Instituto they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad21 Dec 2026
At 20 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad21 Dec 2026
A row about effort at Instituto
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alex Luna was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market21 Dec 2026
The phone has started ringing about Emanuel Sittaro again, and this time the name on the line is Recoleta. Instituto are listening politely and promising nothing.
Transfer targets21 Dec 2026
A loan move for Gustavo Marques is in the works
Instituto have made the call to Bragantino. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Leonel Mosevich, and the manager let it.
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Squad14 Dec 2026
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 123 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Matías Tissera: 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.” Instituto have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Nahuel Olmedo is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Transfer targets14 Dec 2026
Instituto asked and Gimnasia La Plata said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Ramiro Carballo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets14 Dec 2026
A loan enquiry to Bragantino: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
John Córdoba gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say John Córdoba is on it.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Alex Luna 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 Instituto that is a harder question to answer.
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Squad7 Dec 2026
62 days out for Facundo Suárez after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Instituto will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market7 Dec 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Instituto is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Words at Instituto training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alex Luna is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Facundo Suárez commits to Instituto for another 3 years.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting Gustavo Abregú's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
Iván Erquiaga has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Instituto will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Boardroom7 Dec 2026
Open for business: Instituto enter the window
The registration window is open and the phone has started. Between now and the deadline this club will be linked with forty players and sign three, which is the usual ratio.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
Facundo Suárez 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 Instituto, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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The dugout16 Nov 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Argentinos Juniors may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Hernán López Muñoz falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Nicolás Oroz and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
“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 dugout16 Nov 2026
Gastón Verón has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Argentinos Juniors will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Erik Godoy 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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.
Loan watch16 Nov 2026
10 appearances away from home and 3 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Argentinos Juniors. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
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Squad2 Nov 2026
99 days out for Facundo Suárez after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Instituto will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Match31 Oct 2026
Instituto throw away a 3-goal lead
3 in front and in complete control, and it finished with Talleres the happier side. There is no version of this afternoon that Instituto will enjoy reviewing.
Squad2 Nov 2026
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Market2 Nov 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Instituto they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.57, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Leonel Mosevich
“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.
Market2 Nov 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Match31 Oct 2026
A 3‑3 draw with Talleres leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Franco Jara named player of the month
The award goes to Franco Jara, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.
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Squad26 Oct 2026
Facundo Suárez breaks a bone — 106 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 106 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match24 Oct 2026
Deportivo Riestra will want this one forgotten quickly: 4‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Instituto were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Squad26 Oct 2026
3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Instituto may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Franco Jara, 38, rolls back the years — 9.61
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 9.61 at 38, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad26 Oct 2026
6 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.
Market26 Oct 2026
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Lautaro Espeche will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Instituto the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad26 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Instituto
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alex Luna was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match24 Oct 2026
2 goals inside twenty minutes with Franco Jara in the middle of it, and Deportivo Riestra unable to get near the ball long enough to change anything. Some matches are won before the first drink.
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Squad19 Oct 2026
A fracture rules Facundo Suárez out for 114 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Instituto will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Franco Jara, 38, rolls back the years — 7.99
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.99 at 38, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Lorenzo Albarracín is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Alex Luna falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Ramiro Carballo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
Match17 Oct 2026
It needed Franco Jara to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Central Córdoba SdE, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 14. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Leonel Mosevich dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
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Boardroom17 Aug 2026
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Joaquín Rivero has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Market17 Aug 2026
Only the photograph left for Joaquín Rivero
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Joaquín Rivero will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Instituto the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Instituto
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alex Luna was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market17 Aug 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Instituto, another week without a signature from Alex Luna.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Agustín Bravo 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 ratings17 Aug 2026
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.40 on the card, and the Instituto support went home talking about one name.
Match15 Aug 2026
A 1‑1 draw with Gimnasia y Esgrima leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Alex Luna 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 Alex Luna trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.