Manuel Muzzio

Attacking Midfielder (C) - Estudiantes
4 Oct 2027
Monday
Process

Marked for Manuel Muzzio

57 Edition

The Estudiantes Chronicle

30 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Whatever happens, Estudiantes do not lose

13 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Squad

Jorge Benítez 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.

Match

Estudiantes find a way past Nueva Chicago

Nueva Chicago made Estudiantes work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings

Santiago Camacho in the eights

A performance of 9.00 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings

Darío Rostagno in the eights

A performance of 8.31 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings

Manuel Muzzio in the eights

A performance of 8.13 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Alejandro Melo

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Enzo Acosta 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.

Squad

Federico Sena left out for the big one

A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Federico Sena will call it something else in private.

In brief

Back issues
41 Edition

The Estudiantes Chronicle

10 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

18 unbeaten for Estudiantes

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 18 matches without defeat is a foundation Estudiantes did not have in the autumn.

Match

No end in sight to Estudiantes's wait for a win

6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Estudiantes has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Rodrigo Melo 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 ratings

One of those days for Alejandro Melo

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.02, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Darío Rostagno

Marked 8.11 — 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.

Match

Estudiantes share the spoils with Almirante Brown

A 2‑2 draw with Almirante Brown leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Player ratings

Federico Sena runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Defences have started doubling up on Alejandro Melo

4 goals and a season average of 7.27 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Squad

No hiding place for Fernando Duré

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Fernando Duré, and the manager let it.

In brief

34 Edition

The Estudiantes Chronicle

22 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Enzo Acosta 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.

Match

Nobody wants to play Estudiantes right now

3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Squad

Rodrigo Melo 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.

Match

Estudiantes get the job done against Central Norte

A 2‑1 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.

Boardroom

187% of the income goes out in wages at Estudiantes

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Jorge Benítez

Marked 8.76 — 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

One of those days for Alejandro Melo

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.25, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Manuel Muzzio

Marked 8.01 — 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.

Loan watch

Ian Vera counts the days

“I watch every Estudiantes game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Brondby runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

In brief