The Banfield Herald
Squad30 Aug 2027
Tomás Adoryan 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.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Banfield
Ezequiel Cerutti 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 dugout30 Aug 2027
No hiding place for Nehuén Paz
“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.
Match28 Aug 2027
Adolfo Gaich the difference as Banfield beat Belgrano
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Adolfo Gaich. 2‑0 against Belgrano, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Lautaro Cano was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.01. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Squad30 Aug 2027
100 appearances for Renzo Malanca
100 games in these colours. Service of that kind gets rarer every season, and the crowd knows it.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Ignacio Abraham is still paying for one afternoon at Banfield
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
Loan watch30 Aug 2027
Tomás Jerez wants to come home
“I did not go to Universidad de Concepcion to sit and watch. I want to come back to Banfield and fight for my place.” 4 appearances in 30 matches say the rest.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
The manager’s verdict
“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Ricardo Gómez kept it short after the 2‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.
In brief
- Squad Facundo Waller has to sit this one out
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Juan Luis Alfaro
- Loan watch 5 clean sheets on loan for Joaquín Molina