The Los Andes Courier
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Los Andes
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Los Andes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Juan Manuel Vázquez 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.
Match6 Feb 2027
3 matches without a goal for Los Andes
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Los Andes
Benjamín Garay 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
No hiding place for Juan Manuel Vázquez
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Juan Manuel Vázquez, and the manager let it.
Market8 Feb 2027
Los Andes promote Daniel Alonso from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Alonso 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: Juan Manuel Bruno joins the Los Andes first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Juan Manuel Bruno 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
Chifle steps up from the Los Andes academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Chifle 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
Miguel Ángel Martínez steps up from the Los Andes academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Miguel Ángel Martínez 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 Marko Brey signs on for more
- Boardroom Los Andes turn down the training-ground plan
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Facundo Echevarría