The Almirante Brown Gazette
Market8 Feb 2027
Ventforet Kofu come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Almirante Brown did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Gastón Moreyra runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Leonardo Jara in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Almirante Brown this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Almirante Brown
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 Almirante Brown training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Facundo Quignón 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
A bad afternoon for Almirante Brown against Central Norte
1‑2 to Central Norte, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Leonardo Jara 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
Miguel Ángel Morales steps up from the Almirante Brown academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Miguel Ángel Morales 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
Willy steps up from the Almirante Brown academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Willy 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 Leonardo Romero steps up from the Almirante Brown academy
- Boardroom Almirante Brown turn down the training-ground plan
- Squad Santiago Vera is off the mark for Almirante Brown