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Crisis
Match11 Sep 2027
8 matches without a win for Estudiantes
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Estudiantes are no longer polite ones.
Market13 Sep 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Loan watch13 Sep 2027
“I did not go to Instituto to sit and watch. I want to come back to Estudiantes and fight for my place.” 9 appearances in 37 matches say the rest.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“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.
Match11 Sep 2027
2-2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Estudiantes, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Every debut is a small story about the future: Nicolás Valdemarín, 21 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
Loan watch13 Sep 2027
11 appearances away from home and 3 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
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Market16 Aug 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match14 Aug 2027
4 matches without a win for Estudiantes
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Estudiantes are no longer polite ones.
Match14 Aug 2027
0-2 to Barracas Central, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad16 Aug 2027
“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.
Loan watch16 Aug 2027
“I did not go to Instituto to sit and watch. I want to come back to Estudiantes and fight for my place.” 5 appearances in 33 matches say the rest.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Fernando Bersano asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Crisis
Match7 Aug 2027
0-3 to Argentinos Juniors, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Squad9 Aug 2027
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market9 Aug 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Estudiantes can pretend not to have heard.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Tobías Ostchega and Estudiantes agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Ramón Ábila 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.
Boardroom9 Aug 2027
Nobody left the Estudiantes dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
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Crisis
Market19 Jul 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Loan watch19 Jul 2027
“I did not go to Instituto to sit and watch. I want to come back to Estudiantes and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 29 matches say the rest.
Squad19 Jul 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Estudiantes, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The terraces19 Jul 2027
Everybody has an opinion about Ramón Ábila
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Squad19 Jul 2027
“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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A booking nobody needed, on a night the game was already won. Estudiantes lose a player for the most avoidable reason there is.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Mateo Bajamich unhappy with how he is being used
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Mateo Bajamich has let it be known that he does not like the way Estudiantes are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
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Uneasy
Market21 Jun 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad21 Jun 2027
The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Sergio Ojeda, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Loan watch21 Jun 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Estudiantes, and 0 appearances in 25 say he has earned the hearing.
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Uneasy
Market24 May 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Loan watch24 May 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Estudiantes, and 0 appearances in 21 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad24 May 2027
“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.
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Uneasy
Match21 Apr 2027
Almirante Brown go through and Estudiantes go home, 0-1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Market26 Apr 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad26 Apr 2027
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad26 Apr 2027
43 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Loan watch26 Apr 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Estudiantes, and 0 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad26 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Sergio Ojeda
“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.
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Uneasy
Match27 Mar 2027
9 matches without a win for Estudiantes
The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Estudiantes are no longer polite ones.
Market29 Mar 2027
Nicolás Morro hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Estudiantes can pretend not to have heard.
Squad29 Mar 2027
72 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Loan watch29 Mar 2027
“I did not go to Instituto to sit and watch. I want to come back to Estudiantes and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.
Squad29 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Juan Antonini
“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.
Match27 Mar 2027
A 1-1 draw with Huracán leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Uneasy
Market1 Mar 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Estudiantes can pretend not to have heard.
Squad1 Mar 2027
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match27 Feb 2027
5 matches without a win for Estudiantes
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Estudiantes are no longer polite ones.
Squad1 Mar 2027
100 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Loan watch1 Mar 2027
“I did not go to Instituto to sit and watch. I want to come back to Estudiantes and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
Squad1 Mar 2027
40 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Uneasy
Market1 Feb 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Estudiantes can pretend not to have heard.
Squad1 Feb 2027
128 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Loan watch1 Feb 2027
“I did not go to Instituto to sit and watch. I want to come back to Estudiantes and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
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Uneasy
Market4 Jan 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Estudiantes can pretend not to have heard.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Tomás Olmos: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Estudiantes have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Uriel Iehara commits to Estudiantes for another 3 years.
Loan watch4 Jan 2027
“I did not go to Instituto to sit and watch. I want to come back to Estudiantes and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 1 matches say the rest.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Mauro Molina 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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Tobías Ostchega asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.