The Estudiantes Chronicle
Squad8 Feb 2027
Lucas Alario breaks a bone — 58 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 58 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Age has not caught Ezequiel Piovi yet — 8.00
At 34 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.00 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Rodrigo Borzone: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Estudiantes have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A falling-out at Estudiantes
Joaquín Correa and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Estudiantes
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.
Match6 Feb 2027
Ezequiel Piovi the difference as Estudiantes beat Central Córdoba SdE
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Ezequiel Piovi. 2‑1 against Central Córdoba SdE, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Match6 Feb 2027
At last: Estudiantes win one
5 matches without a win, and then this, against Central Córdoba SdE. Relief is a strange noise in a football ground and it was the only noise at the end.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Eric Meza was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 19. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Market8 Feb 2027
Estudiantes promote Raúl Moretti from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Raúl Moretti 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
- Market One of our own: Ricardo Lombardi joins the Estudiantes first team
- Market One of our own: Gustavo Pereyra joins the Estudiantes first team
- Market Estudiantes promote Luis Figueroa from within