The Alianza Atletico Sentinel
Market2 Feb 2032
Fabricio Ventresca asks to leave Alianza Atletico
“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.
Boardroom2 Feb 2032
Graduation day at Alianza Atletico
10 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad2 Feb 2032
Justo Rodríguez signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Justo Rodríguez and Alianza Atletico agree another 4 years.
Squad2 Feb 2032
Words at Alianza Atletico training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Guillermo Larios 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.
Squad2 Feb 2032
Words exchanged at Alianza Atletico
César Doy 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.
Market2 Feb 2032
Juan Farfan steps up from the Alianza Atletico academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Juan Farfan has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market2 Feb 2032
One of our own: Andre Lopez joins the Alianza Atletico first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andre Lopez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market2 Feb 2032
Alianza Atletico promote Jefferson Ruidiaz from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jefferson Ruidiaz has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
The dugout2 Feb 2032
The manager makes an example of Juan José Cataño
“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.
In brief
- Boardroom Alianza Atletico board go back on their word
- Squad Óscar Surmay is no longer first choice
- Looking ahead A reunion for Erick Perleche