The Nueva Chicago Sentinel
Match6 Feb 2027
12 matches without a win for Nueva Chicago
The run now stands at 12, and the questions being asked around Nueva Chicago are no longer polite ones.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
No sign of nerves from Diego Barros at 21 — 8.15
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Diego Barros did not need any: 8.15, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Matías Romero keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Nueva Chicago may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Nobody could get near Matías Bergara
Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market8 Feb 2027
Román Zalazar puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Nueva Chicago, and it is not being withdrawn.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Nueva Chicago
4 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A falling-out at Nueva Chicago
Dylan Gissi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The terraces8 Feb 2027
One of their own: Diego Barros
He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market8 Feb 2027
Leonardo Moretti steps up from the Nueva Chicago academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Leonardo Moretti 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 One of our own: Gabriel Godoy joins the Nueva Chicago first team
- Market Miguel Godoy steps up from the Nueva Chicago academy
- Squad A row about effort at Nueva Chicago