Alan López

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Belgrano
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90 Edition

The Belgrano Gazette

17 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad17 Apr 2028

Lisandro López damages knee ligaments — 52 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 52 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

The terraces17 Apr 2028

Anger at Belgrano spills outside the ground

It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.

Squad17 Apr 2028

Tempers go at Belgrano

Lucas Zelarayán 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.

Squad17 Apr 2028

Adrián Sánchez 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.

Squad17 Apr 2028

Francisco González Metilli 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.

Player ratings17 Apr 2028

Nobody could get near Nicolás Fernández

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

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51 Edition

The Belgrano Gazette

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad19 Jul 2027

Alcides Benítez breaks a bone — 141 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 141 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match17 Jul 2027

Nobody wants to play Belgrano 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.

Market19 Jul 2027

Belgrano sign Alan López for $310.0K

The paperwork is done: Alan López joins from Mitre in a deal worth $310.0K. Now comes the harder part.

Squad19 Jul 2027

Tempers go at Belgrano

Lucas Zelarayán 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.

Squad19 Jul 2027

Adrián Sánchez 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.

Boardroom19 Jul 2027

Belgrano agree a free transfer for Agustín Menna

Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.

Match17 Jul 2027

Belgrano see off Independiente Rivadavia

Three points for Belgrano, 2‑1 the final word against Independiente Rivadavia in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad19 Jul 2027

The manager makes an example of Nicolás Fernández

“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 terraces19 Jul 2027

Belgrano supporters have found a favourite in Juan Velázquez

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Juan Velázquez 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

51 Edition

The Mitre Post

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market19 Jul 2027

Juan Pablo Zárate 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 Mitre can pretend not to have heard.

Squad19 Jul 2027

Ignacio Pietrobono 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 Mitre this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market19 Jul 2027

Alan López moves on

Belgrano pay $310.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Squad19 Jul 2027

Words at Mitre training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Pablo Minissale 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.

Squad19 Jul 2027

No hiding place for Ignacio Pietrobono

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

Player ratings19 Jul 2027

Rodrigo González in the eights

A performance of 8.62 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Loan watch19 Jul 2027

Nahuel Reyes has seen enough of Depor

“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 Mitre, and 5 appearances in 29 say he has earned the hearing.

Player ratings19 Jul 2027

Nobody could get near Enzo Avaro

Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match17 Jul 2027

Mitre and Gimnasia y Esgrima take a point apiece

It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief