The Almagro Chronicle
Match29 Jul 2028
Nobody wins at Almagro
36 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Match29 Jul 2028
15 unbeaten for Almagro
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 15 matches without defeat is a foundation Almagro did not have in the autumn.
Player ratings31 Jul 2028
Enzo Martínez runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 30. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Enzo Martínez 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 Almagro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Words at Almagro training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gino Barbieri 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.
Squad31 Jul 2028
No hiding place for Gianfranco Joannaz
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gianfranco Joannaz, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Squad Enzo Martínez is in the form of his life
- Match No goals between Almagro and Tristán Suárez
- Market Nicolás Suárez placed on the list
- Market The Tobias Canale question follows Almagro around