The Banfield Herald
Squad7 Feb 2028
A knee injury of the worst kind for Lucho Vega
26 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Banfield lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Tempers go at Banfield
Diego Rodríguez 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.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Graduation day at Banfield
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.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Words at Banfield training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ignacio Abraham 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
One of our own: Noah Bianchi joins the Banfield first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Noah Bianchi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market7 Feb 2028
Matías Luna steps up from the Banfield academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Matías Luna 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
Benjamín Luna steps up from the Banfield academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Benjamín Luna 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
Matías Navarro steps up from the Banfield academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Matías Navarro 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.
Player ratings7 Feb 2028
Lautaro Gómez was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.03. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
In brief
- Squad No hiding place for Santiago Esquivel
- Match Banfield and Mitre take a point apiece
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Lisandro Piñero