The Andorra Chronicle
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Aingeru Olabarrieta, 20, plays like he has been here for years — 8.13
A mark of 8.13 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 20-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Market14 Sep 2026
Andorra say no — this time
The offer from Huesca for Nico Ratti 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.
The terraces14 Sep 2026
One of their own: Julian Rijkhoff
He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match12 Sep 2026
Andorra find a way past Real Sociedad B
Real Sociedad B made Andorra work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Gabriel Toloza 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
Andorra sign Matheus Menezes, one for the future
Matheus Menezes is 19, and Andorra have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Ignacio Fernández: “That is the standard”
“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 2‑0, already talking about the next one.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Andorra pick somebody else ahead of Matías Sánchez
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Young player of the week: Aingeru Olabarrieta
At 20 he was the best of everybody his age in the division for one weekend. Nobody should build a career on it and everybody quietly does.
In brief
- Market Marc Bombardó placed on the list
- The dugout Gael Alonso does not fit this one
- Squad Julian Rijkhoff is off the mark for Andorra