The Instituto Chronicle
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A defender's afternoon for Fernando Alarcón
Defensive actions: 36. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Alex Luna runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 34. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Manuel Roffo keeps Instituto in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nothing got past Juan Ignacio Méndez
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 26 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Franco Jara 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 Instituto this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market17 Aug 2026
Zaragoza watching Matías Fonseca
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Instituto have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Franco Jara
Marked 9.09 — 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Alex Luna
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alex Luna, and the manager let it.
Match15 Aug 2026
Franco Jara the difference as Instituto beat Gimnasia y Esgrima
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Franco Jara. 1‑0 against Gimnasia y Esgrima, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
In brief
- Squad Franco Jara is off the mark for Instituto
- Loan watch 3 goals on loan for Jonathan Dellarossa
- Market Instituto put Ignacio Rossi up for sale