The All Boys Gazette
Match6 Feb 2027
Claudio Campostrini wins it after the whistle should have gone
92 minutes played. Claudio Campostrini found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Racing went from a point to nothing inside one movement.
Market8 Feb 2027
Gerónimo Norbedo hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what All Boys can pretend not to have heard.
Match6 Feb 2027
All Boys make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now All Boys have 3 straight wins of it.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tempers go at All Boys
Ricardo Blanco 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 All Boys
7 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 All Boys training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gustavo Turraca 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Licha steps up from the All Boys academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Licha 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
One of our own: Jorge Romero joins the All Boys first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jorge Romero 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
All Boys promote Gustavo Torres from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gustavo Torres 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.
In brief
- Match All Boys find a way past Racing
- Squad Alejo Rodríguez gets it from the manager
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Claudio Campostrini