The Instituto Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alex Luna signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Alex Luna and Instituto agree another 5 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Colo joins the Instituto first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Colo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Liam Godoy steps up from the Instituto academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Liam Godoy 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Alejandro Rojas joins the Instituto first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alejandro Rojas is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Iván López steps up from the Instituto academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Iván López 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Instituto
Agustín Bravo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Alex Luna knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Alex Luna trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Santino Chialva
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Santino Chialva, and the manager let it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Fernando Alarcón has seen what the next man earns
Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Instituto that is a harder question to answer.
In brief
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Gerardo Larraya
- Squad The dugout calls for Fernando Alarcón
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: Gimnasia y Esgrima at home