The Almagro Chronicle
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Tiziano Dornell at 21 — 7.60
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Tiziano Dornell did not need any: 7.60, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market3 Aug 2026
Eyes on Tiziano Dornell again
The phone has started ringing about Tiziano Dornell again, and this time the name on the line is Las Palmas. Almagro are listening politely and promising nothing.
Market3 Aug 2026
Nicolás Gentile 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 The request is on a desk at Almagro, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market3 Aug 2026
Almagro may not be able to give Gonzalo Asis what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Gonzalo Asis wants continental football; whether Almagro can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Gonzalo Asis signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Gonzalo Asis and Almagro agree another 3 years.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Thiago López
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Almagro training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gonzalo Asis 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Santiago Úbeda 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 Almagro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
Almagro supporters have found a favourite in Tiziano Dornell
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Tiziano Dornell has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
- Match No time for Patronato to settle
- Market Nobody at Almagro has picked up the phone to Emiliano González
- Match Honours even between Almagro and Patronato