The Alvarado Gazette
Squad12 Apr 2027
A falling-out at Alvarado
Matías Mansilla and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Words at Alvarado training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Santiago Gutiérrez 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 dugout12 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Santiago Gutiérrez
“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.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Franco Cima signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Franco Cima commits to Alvarado for another 4 years.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
Luis Quiroga on the point
“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Luis Quiroga after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Lucas Chiozza suspended
One booking too many, and Lucas Chiozza sits out. Alvarado lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
An afternoon Tomás Fernández will want back
Marked 4.51. Nothing he attempted worked and by the hour mark he had stopped attempting much, which is the part a manager notices rather than the mistakes.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
Lautaro Fernández is still paying for one afternoon at Alvarado
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
Market12 Apr 2027
No place for Valentín Ramírez in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Valentín Ramírez has his answer from Alvarado; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
In brief
- The dugout The form table has caught Lautaro Fernández
- Player ratings Ariel Castellano runs at them all day
- Match Point won or two lost for Alvarado?