The Estudiantes Gazette
Market8 Mar 2027
Alejandro Cabrera puts it in writing
“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 The request is on a desk at Estudiantes, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Valentín Fenoglio shuts the door
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.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Alejandro Cabrera stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Alejandro Cabrera and Estudiantes agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Gabriel Alanís 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 Estudiantes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Nothing got past Tobías Leiva
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.
Squad8 Mar 2027
No hiding place for Alejandro Cabrera
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alejandro Cabrera, and the manager let it.
Match6 Mar 2027
Estudiantes get the job done against Central Norte
A 1‑0 win over Central Norte, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
A masterclass from Mateo Bajamich
Marked 8.46 — 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.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Estudiantes lose Renzo Bacchia
42 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
In brief
- Loan watch Lautaro Herrera has seen enough of Sumgayit
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Federico Álvarez
- Market The shop window has Nicolás Morro in it