The Mitre Post
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Enzo Avaro runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 32. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Rodrigo González 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 Mitre this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Mitre
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
Juan Alessandroni falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad8 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Juan Alessandroni
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Joaquín Aguirre joins the Mitre first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Joaquín Aguirre 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
Mitre promote Gustavo Vázquez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gustavo Vázquez 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
Willy steps up from the Mitre academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Willy 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
Mitre promote Liam Ortiz from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Liam Ortiz 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.
In brief
- Match Mateo Montenegro rescues a point for Mitre
- Boardroom Mitre turn down the training-ground plan
- Squad When it matters, Marcos Machado plays