The Aldosivi Sentinel
Squad8 Feb 2027
A fracture rules Lucas Acosta out for 23 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Aldosivi will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Aldosivi
Esteban Rolón was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Aldosivi
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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Aldosivi training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Rodrigo Márquez 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.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Nobody could get near Rodrigo Márquez
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Esteban Rolón 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Aldosivi promote Benicio Medina from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benicio Medina 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
One of our own: Eduardo Aguirre joins the Aldosivi first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Eduardo Aguirre is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
Miguel Ángel Suárez steps up from the Aldosivi academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Miguel Ángel Suárez 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
- Market Liam Vázquez steps up from the Aldosivi academy
- Match Aldosivi come up short against Rosario Central
- Boardroom Aldosivi spend it where nobody looks