The Estudiantes Chronicle
Squad20 Mar 2028
A one-man rearguard from Facundo Vila
There were 11 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market20 Mar 2028
Facundo Vila hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Estudiantes can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings20 Mar 2028
Tomás Squie was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 25. 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.
Squad20 Mar 2028
A falling-out at Estudiantes
Delfor Minervino and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match18 Mar 2028
The drought breaks for Estudiantes
6 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and Central Norte were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.
Match18 Mar 2028
Tomás Blanco sends Estudiantes past Central Norte
It finished 2‑1, and it was Tomás Blanco’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Estudiantes.
The dugout20 Mar 2028
No hiding place for Delfor Minervino
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Delfor Minervino, and the manager let it.
Player ratings20 Mar 2028
Ninety minutes of Tomás Blanco at his very best
Marked 8.58. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Estudiantes.
Match18 Mar 2028
Central Norte blown away early
There is a particular helplessness in conceding 2 times before the twentieth minute. Central Norte tried to reorganise, Estudiantes did not allow it, and the result was written long before it was confirmed.
In brief
- Squad Nicolás Herrera out for 19 days
- The dugout Jorge Benítez is still being punished for one mistake
- The dugout Valentín Pérez: “That is the standard”