The Belgrano Gazette
Squad29 Mar 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Franco Vázquez
32 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Belgrano lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad29 Mar 2027
A falling-out at Belgrano
Franco Vázquez 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
Alcides Benítez 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 dugout29 Mar 2027
Alcides Benítez 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.
Market29 Mar 2027
The Santiago Longo story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Santiago Longo signs something — a contract at Belgrano or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
Amy Fleurilus has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Belgrano 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 dugout29 Mar 2027
Nicolás Fernández has been promised minutes
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 Nicolás Fernández has written the date down.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Fabricio Mendieta wants out of the dugout
“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Belgrano will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
Máximo Menseguez 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.
In brief
- Market Francisco Monticelli placed on the list
- Looking ahead Belgrano host Mitre