The Estudiantes Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
Delfor Minervino 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 Estudiantes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Fernando Duré
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Franco Fagúndez falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match8 Aug 2026
Ezequiel Almirón’s goal not enough for Estudiantes
Ezequiel Almirón scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Temperley, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Market10 Aug 2026
Eduardo Cabrera steps up from the Estudiantes academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Eduardo Cabrera 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
Estudiantes promote Miguel Ibáñez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Miguel Ibáñez 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
Juan Pablo Gómez steps up from the Estudiantes academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Juan Pablo Gómez 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
One of our own: Malevo joins the Estudiantes first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Malevo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Facundo Ardiles
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Facundo Ardiles, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout Valentín Pérez: “No excuses”
- The dugout Franco Fagúndez asks for a word with the manager
- Squad Ezequiel Almirón finally opens his account