Leonel Roldán

Defensive Midfielder - Vélez
19 Jul 2028
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Leonel Roldán

61 Edition

The Juventud Herald

27 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Dunkan Dorrego says Juventud went back on their word

“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.

Squad

Tempers go at Juventud

Sebastián Sosa 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Agustín Alaniz

“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.

In brief

Back issues
58 Edition

The Juventud Herald

6 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Sebastián Sosa 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 Juventud this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Facundo Domínguez sends Juventud past Racing

It finished 3‑1, and it was Facundo Domínguez’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Juventud.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Alejo Cruz

Marked 9.10 — 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 ratings

A masterclass from Gonzalo Gómez

Marked 8.18 — 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.

Player ratings

Ramiro Peralta in the eights

A performance of 8.11 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

David Morosini 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.

Boardroom

$2.0M on the table at Juventud

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.

Squad

Nima Entezari 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 Juventud, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Alejo Cruz is carrying Juventud

3 goals and a season average of 7.23. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

In brief

54 Edition

The Juventud Herald

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ramiro Peralta

Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Juventud

The unbeaten run reaches 7. 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 ratings

Nothing got past Mateo Izaguirre

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.

Squad

Marcelo Pérez 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 Juventud this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

One of those days for Gonzalo Gómez

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.12, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match

Juventud get the job done against Danubio

A 1‑0 win over Danubio, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Alejo Cruz

Marked 8.47 — 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.

Squad

Martín Boselli signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Martín Boselli commits to Juventud for another 2 years.

Squad

Tiziano Godoy 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.

In brief