The Instituto Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Dinamo Tbilisi come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Instituto did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alex Luna signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Alex Luna and Instituto agree another 5 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
Valentín Ferrari steps up from the Instituto academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Valentín Ferrari 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Instituto promote Sebastián Vázquez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sebastián Vázquez 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Instituto promote Emiliano Miranda from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Emiliano Miranda 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Instituto
Luca Raffaelli and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Alex Luna knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Alex Luna trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Nicolás Guerra
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nicolás Guerra, and the manager let it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Fernando Alarcón has seen what the next man earns
Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Instituto that is a harder question to answer.
In brief
- Squad Iván Erquiaga still has not settled
- Looking ahead Instituto host Gimnasia y Esgrima