The Instituto Chronicle
Market8 Feb 2027
Alex Luna says no to Getafe
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Alex Luna had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A fracture rules Sergio Casais out for 23 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Instituto 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
Alex Luna beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 28. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Match6 Feb 2027
Still nobody has beaten Instituto
The unbeaten run reaches 10. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A falling-out at Instituto
Alex Luna and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Instituto
5 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Instituto promote Noah Giménez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Noah Giménez 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Iván Moretti steps up from the Instituto academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Iván Moretti 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Millonario steps up from the Instituto academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Millonario 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.
In brief
- Squad Words at Instituto training over how hard people work
- The dugout Instituto pick somebody else ahead of Giuliano Cerato
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Matías Russo on the draw