The Newell's Old Boys Herald
Squad8 Feb 2027
A fracture rules Santiago Solari out for 14 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Newell's Old Boys will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Walter Mazzantti was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 35. 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.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Emiliano Ellacopulos says Newell's Old Boys went back on their word
“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.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
A new deal for Carlos Alberto Lombardi
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Match6 Feb 2027
4 matches without a win for Newell's Old Boys
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Newell's Old Boys are no longer polite ones.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Ignacio Ramírez in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Newell's Old Boys this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Santiago Colidio arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Santiago Colidio has, at Newell's Old Boys, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Newell's Old Boys
4 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.
Match6 Feb 2027
Nobody wins at Newell's Old Boys
9 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
In brief
- The dugout Gabriel Arias gets it from the manager
- The terraces Newell's Old Boys supporters have found a favourite in Julián Contrera
- Market Newell's Old Boys promote Nene from within