The Tristán Suárez Courier
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Nobody could get near Jonathan Berón
Successful dribbles: 33. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Tristán Suárez
Manuel Guillén was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Tristán Suárez
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.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Pulga joins the Tristán Suárez first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pulga 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
Tano steps up from the Tristán Suárez academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tano 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: Rolo joins the Tristán Suárez first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rolo 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
Tristán Suárez promote Matías Escobar from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Matías Escobar 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Tristán Suárez training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nicolás Del Priore 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Nicolás Henry 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.
In brief
- Player ratings Manuel Guillén takes the honours
- Boardroom Tristán Suárez turn down the training-ground plan
- Match Tristán Suárez and Los Andes cancel each other out