Marked for Tomás González
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
The terraces13 Sep 2027
The mood at Estudiantes has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Market13 Sep 2027
“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 The request is on a desk at Estudiantes, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
At 34 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.82 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Squad13 Sep 2027
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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Siro Rosané falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match11 Sep 2027
It finished 2‑1, and it was Javier Ferreira’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Estudiantes.
The dugout13 Sep 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alejandro Cabrera, and the manager let it.
Squad13 Sep 2027
50 for the club now, each one filed in somebody’s memory with a date and a scoreline. Numbers like this are what supporters argue about in twenty years.
Match11 Sep 2027
2 goals inside twenty minutes with Javier Ferreira in the middle of it, and River Plate unable to get near the ball long enough to change anything. Some matches are won before the first drink.
Back issues
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Crisis
Market6 Sep 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.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Agustín Lastra and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Words at Estudiantes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Siro Rosané 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.
Market6 Sep 2027
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Loan watch6 Sep 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 14 appearances in 11 say he has earned the hearing.
Market6 Sep 2027
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Facundo Cobos has his answer from Estudiantes; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
The dugout6 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.
Squad6 Sep 2027
He used to be one of the options. He is now one of the men the options are picked around, and the change happened quietly enough that only the dressing room noticed on the day.
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Crisis
Market2 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.
Transfer targets2 Aug 2027
A deal that was a phone call from completion at lunchtime was dead by midnight. Estudiantes will try again when the window opens; Estudiantes may not be selling by then.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Alejandro Cabrera 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.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Siro Rosané falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets2 Aug 2027
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Facundo Cobos slips down the pecking order
The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Facundo Cobos is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.
The dugout2 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Tomás González
“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.
The dugout2 Aug 2027
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Agustín Lastra is on it.
Market2 Aug 2027
Lautaro Herrera is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Estudiantes has been clear about where Lautaro Herrera stands, which is more than many ever get.
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Crisis
Market5 Jul 2027
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Boardroom5 Jul 2027
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Market5 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.
The dugout5 Jul 2027
Bruno Rizzi: 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.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Lucas González and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Words at Estudiantes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Siro Rosané 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.
Transfer targets5 Jul 2027
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Estudiantes have kept their man, and Estudiantes go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Boardroom5 Jul 2027
Estudiantes sign 3 boys into the academy
None of them will be seen by anybody outside the training ground for three years, most of them will never play a senior match, and one of them might change the club. That is the whole proposition, and it is why academies exist.
The dugout5 Jul 2027
Agustín Lastra 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
Match14 Jun 2027
Every point is an argument now for Estudiantes
Position 14 and 8 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Market14 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.
The dugout14 Jun 2027
Alejo Fontanilla: 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.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Agustín Morales and Estudiantes agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad14 Jun 2027
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.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Siro Rosané falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
A loan enquiry to Boca Juniors: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
A loan move for Santiago López is in the works
Estudiantes have made the call to Independiente. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
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Crisis
Boardroom7 Jun 2027
The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. Sergio Arce has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.
Market7 Jun 2027
Sergio Ojeda 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.
Market7 Jun 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Lucas González and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Agustín Lastra was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets7 Jun 2027
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Talleres have kept their man, and Estudiantes go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout7 Jun 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Tomás González, and the manager let it.
The dugout7 Jun 2027
The manager's exit leaves Gabriel Alanís exposed
Every squad has men who were signed by a particular manager and men who were merely inherited. Gabriel Alanís is in the first group, and the man who wanted him here is no longer in the building.
Market7 Jun 2027
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
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Crisis
Match1 May 2027
No end in sight to Estudiantes's wait for a win
23 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Estudiantes has to find a result from somewhere.
Boardroom3 May 2027
Pressure builds in the Estudiantes boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Market3 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.
Match1 May 2027
5 matches without a goal for Estudiantes
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 5 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad3 May 2027
Lucas González 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.
Squad3 May 2027
Words at Estudiantes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Siro Rosané 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.
The dugout3 May 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Agustín Lastra, and the manager let it.
Squad3 May 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mateo Rodríguez and Estudiantes agree another 5 years.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
The terraces29 Mar 2027
The mood at Estudiantes has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Market29 Mar 2027
Sergio Ojeda 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.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
This is not rotation. Lucas González has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Estudiantes is pretending otherwise.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Lucas González and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Words at Estudiantes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Siro Rosané 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.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
Agustín Lastra 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.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Tomás González is on it.
The dugout29 Mar 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.
Looking ahead29 Mar 2027
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against River Plate in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
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Crisis
Match27 Feb 2027
14 matches without a win for Estudiantes
The run now stands at 14, and the questions being asked around Estudiantes are no longer polite ones.
The terraces1 Mar 2027
The mood at Estudiantes has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Squad1 Mar 2027
29 days out for Jeremías Ramponi after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Estudiantes will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market1 Mar 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.
Player ratings1 Mar 2027
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 7.99, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
The dugout1 Mar 2027
This is not rotation. Lucas González has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Estudiantes is pretending otherwise.
Squad1 Mar 2027
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.
Match27 Feb 2027
Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout1 Mar 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
Market22 Feb 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.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 36 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
Alejo Fontanilla: 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.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Alejandro Cabrera and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Facundo Cobos
“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.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Words at Estudiantes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Uriel Iehara 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.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
Martín Garnerone 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.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
Tomás González has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Estudiantes will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Looking ahead22 Feb 2027
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Defensores in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
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Uneasy
Match13 Feb 2027
13 matches without a win for Estudiantes
The run now stands at 13, and the questions being asked around Estudiantes are no longer polite ones.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 43 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Estudiantes may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Alejandro Cabrera and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market15 Feb 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Estudiantes have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Tomás González was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad15 Feb 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Tobías Leiva and Estudiantes agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Tobías Leiva, and the manager let it.
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Uneasy
Market25 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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Words at Estudiantes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tomás González 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.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
“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.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
Sergio Ojeda knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Sergio Ojeda trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market25 Jan 2027
The name of Agustín Lastra keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Estudiantes say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Mateo Rodríguez is on it.
Squad25 Jan 2027
“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Estudiantes will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.
Market25 Jan 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Francisco Gualtieri may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Uneasy
Market18 Jan 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.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Alejandro Cabrera and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Tomás González was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Tomás González is on it.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
Sergio Ojeda 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 Estudiantes, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market18 Jan 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Estudiantes know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market18 Jan 2027
Estudiantes have let the market know Marcelo Olivera can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Marcelo Olivera wants to know why he earns less
Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and Estudiantes have no good answer.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Alejo Fontanilla has written the date down.
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Uneasy
The terraces4 Jan 2027
The mood at Estudiantes has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Market4 Jan 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.
Boardroom4 Jan 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Estudiantes
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market4 Jan 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad4 Jan 2027
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.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
Estudiantes asked and River Plate said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Tomás González falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Facundo Cobos, and the manager let it.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Uriel Iehara commits to Estudiantes for another 3 years.
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Uneasy
Market28 Dec 2026
“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.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Alejandro Cabrera and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Agustín Lastra
“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.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Words at Estudiantes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tomás González 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.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
Lucas González 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 Estudiantes, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market28 Dec 2026
The shop window has Sergio Ojeda in it
Estudiantes have let the market know Sergio Ojeda can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
Market28 Dec 2026
The name of Lucas González keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Estudiantes say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Mateo Rodríguez is on it.
Squad28 Dec 2026
A bad Saturday is forgiven; a bad Tuesday is chosen. Standards have slipped and in a building where everybody watches everybody, it has been noticed.
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Uneasy
Market21 Dec 2026
“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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Lucas González 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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Siro Rosané falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
Agustín Lastra knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Agustín Lastra trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Vito Rosané
“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.
Market21 Dec 2026
Estudiantes have made Gonzalo Maffini available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Market21 Dec 2026
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Estudiantes know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
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Uneasy
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Tobías Leiva: 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.
Market23 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Alejandro Cabrera and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Siro Rosané falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
“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.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Tomás González has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Estudiantes will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market23 Nov 2026
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Estudiantes know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Vito Rosané 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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Uneasy
Market5 Oct 2026
“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.
Match3 Oct 2026
7 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Alejandro Cabrera and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match3 Oct 2026
The goal that put Independiente Rivadavia ahead was still being replayed on the concourse when Estudiantes equalised, 1 minutes later. Leads are only worth what you do with them.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Mauro Valiente
“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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Tomás González was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Too much change too quickly at Estudiantes
17 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
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.
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Uneasy
Squad28 Sep 2026
Alejandro Cabrera and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Siro Rosané falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Facundo Cobos
“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.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
Gabriel Alanís knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Gabriel Alanís trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Looking ahead28 Sep 2026
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Agustín Lastra’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Estudiantes needing him to play as if none of it matters.
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Uneasy
Match12 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Estudiantes's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Estudiantes has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad14 Sep 2026
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 ratings14 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Lucas González
“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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Estudiantes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tomás González 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.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Agustín Lastra has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Estudiantes will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Sergio Arce chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.
Match12 Sep 2026
Point won or two lost for Estudiantes?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Huracán? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
Looking ahead14 Sep 2026
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Belgrano in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
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Crisis
Match29 Aug 2026
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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Alejandro Cabrera and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match29 Aug 2026
Ramón Ábila scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to River Plate, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
“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.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Tomás González has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Estudiantes will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 10. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
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Steady
Match19 Aug 2026
Unión de Santa Fe ended it 0‑1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Market24 Aug 2026
The offer from Antequera for Ramiro Bornia was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Alejandro Cabrera 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.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Ramón Ábila
“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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Add another name to the list: Racing Ferrol have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Uriel Iehara. The answer from Estudiantes has not changed — yet.
Match22 Aug 2026
0‑2 to Atlético Tucumán, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad24 Aug 2026
200 games in these colours. Service of that kind gets rarer every season, and the crowd knows it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Tomás González was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
In brief
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The dugout
The manager’s verdict
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The dugout
The manager has not finished forgetting Agustín Lastra's mistake
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Player ratings
Mateo Bajamich beats them one at a time
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Upbeat
Squad17 Aug 2026
11 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Match12 Aug 2026
A 3‑1 win over San Martín, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The match ball belongs to Tomás González, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Market17 Aug 2026
The bid was some way short and Estudiantes did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad17 Aug 2026
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.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Gabriel Alanís
“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.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Mateo Rodríguez 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Tomás González at his very best
Marked 8.35. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Estudiantes.
Match15 Aug 2026
A 2‑2 draw with Barracas Central leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Triumph
Squad3 Aug 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Two goals and a mark of 8.96 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad3 Aug 2026
The match ball belongs to Tomás González, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Squad3 Aug 2026
177 appearances across 11 seasons in these colours. Careers like that are not built any more, and Estudiantes know what they have.
Market3 Aug 2026
The offer from Eldense for Uriel Iehara was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Gabriel Alanís and Estudiantes agree another 2 years.
Match1 Aug 2026
It finished 5‑4, and it was Tomás González’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Estudiantes.
Match1 Aug 2026
9 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Estudiantes and Sarmiento in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.