The Boca Juniors Courier
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Boca Juniors
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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Boca Juniors
Alan Velasco and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market8 Feb 2027
Boca Juniors promote Gabriel Colombo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gabriel Colombo has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Tomás Pérez joins the Boca Juniors first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tomás Pérez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
Roberto Vidal steps up from the Boca Juniors academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Roberto Vidal 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
One of our own: Coco joins the Boca Juniors first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Coco is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Boca Juniors training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Cristian Pavón 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.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Carlos Palacios gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Carlos Palacios has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Boca Juniors will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
In brief
- The dugout Milton Delgado asks for a word with the manager
- Looking ahead Milton Giménez goes back to face Central Córdoba SdE
- The dugout Marcelo Meli has been promised minutes