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Crisis
The dugout2 Aug 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Alvarado have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
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.
Squad2 Aug 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 Alvarado this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings2 Aug 2027
Successful dribbles: 21. 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.
Squad2 Aug 2027
A row about effort at Alvarado
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Cristian Gorgerino was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match31 Jul 2027
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout2 Aug 2027
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Felipe Ramírez after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.
Squad2 Aug 2027
A place in the month's best eleven for Facundo Centurión
Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Facundo Centurión has come out of that comparison in the side, and Alvarado have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.
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Steady
Squad28 Dec 2026
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 110 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market28 Dec 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.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Alvarado may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Emanuel Bilbao 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.
Squad28 Dec 2026
A row about effort at Alvarado
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Matías Mansilla was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
151% of the income goes out in wages at Alvarado
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.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Tobías Berón
“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 Dec 2026
Ramiro Makarte 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.
Market28 Dec 2026
The Marco Miori talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Alvarado know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Steady
The dugout21 Dec 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad21 Dec 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 Alvarado this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market21 Dec 2026
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Miguel Varela is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad21 Dec 2026
A row about effort at Alvarado
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nahuel Speck was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market21 Dec 2026
The Lucas Monzón story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Lucas Monzón signs something — a contract at Alvarado or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
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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Steady
Squad30 Nov 2026
Emanuel Bilbao 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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Alvarado
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Santiago Gutiérrez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
Wages swallow 159% of the Alvarado income
Every club 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 it has been tried.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
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The dugout30 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 dugout30 Nov 2026
Pipa 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 Pipa trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market30 Nov 2026
The Marco Miori talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Alvarado know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Loan watch30 Nov 2026
5 shut-outs in 13 games. A goalkeeper’s loan is judged on the afternoons when nothing happened at all, and Emmanuel Gómez Riga has been having a lot of them.
Squad30 Nov 2026
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Alvarado will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
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Steady
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
The instruction came from the boardroom and the dugout did not agree with it. Somebody will go, the fee will be called good business, and the manager will spend the season rebuilding around the space.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Alvarado
Matías Mansilla 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.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
Wages swallow 159% of the Alvarado income
Every club 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 it has been tried.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
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Squad2 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Alvarado
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Pablo Hofstetter was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Facundo Centurión, and the manager let it.
Market2 Nov 2026
The Marco Miori talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Alvarado know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
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 Matías Mansilla has written the date down.
Loan watch2 Nov 2026
5 shut-outs in 13 games. A goalkeeper’s loan is judged on the afternoons when nothing happened at all, and Emmanuel Gómez Riga has been having a lot of them.
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Steady
Market5 Oct 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 Alvarado can pretend not to have heard.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Emanuel Bilbao 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Words at Alvarado training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Matías Mansilla 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.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
220% of the income goes out in wages at Alvarado
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.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Bautista Sánchez, and the manager let it.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Nahuel Speck is no longer first choice
The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Nahuel Speck has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
Pipa 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 Pipa trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market5 Oct 2026
The Marco Miori talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Alvarado know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Loan watch5 Oct 2026
10 appearances at Independiente Rivadavia and the goals have stopped going in. Alvarado lent out a goalkeeper and are watching somebody else’s season get better every week.