The Estudiantes Chronicle
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Nobody could get near Federico Sena
Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Santiago Monzón keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Estudiantes may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Rodrigo Melo 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Alejandro Melo wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
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
Whatever happens, Estudiantes do not lose
6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Estudiantes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Delfor Minervino 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Franco Suárez steps up from the Estudiantes academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Franco Suárez 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
Roberto Ruiz steps up from the Estudiantes academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Roberto Ruiz 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 Bichi steps up from the Estudiantes academy
- Squad Tomás Blanco gets it from the manager
- Player ratings Facundo Ardiles takes the honours