The All Boys Gazette
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Tomás Assennato runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 35. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market17 Aug 2026
Franco Stechina asks to leave All Boys
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad17 Aug 2026
All Boys count the cost of losing Lucas Cano
28 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Ricardo Blanco 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 All Boys this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market17 Aug 2026
Agustín Lucero steps up from the All Boys academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Agustín Lucero 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Chifle steps up from the All Boys academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Chifle 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ricardo Varela joins the All Boys first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ricardo Varela is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A row about effort at All Boys
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Gustavo Turraca was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Loan watch17 Aug 2026
Benjamín González has seen enough of Obolon
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at All Boys, and 0 appearances in 0 say he has earned the hearing.
In brief
- The dugout Lionel Jara gets it from the manager
- The dugout Valentino Varela on the point
- The dugout Ricardo Blanco left out for tactical reasons at All Boys