The Albion Sentinel
Match13 Mar 2030
Albion through in the cup
A 2‑1 win over Paysandu FC, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Player ratings18 Mar 2030
Daniel Castillo could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.55
Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.55, 0 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.
Market18 Mar 2030
Only the photograph left for Lucas Cesano
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Lucas Cesano will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Albion the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Player ratings18 Mar 2030
Valentino Pieruccioni was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 23. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad18 Mar 2030
A falling-out at Albion
Joaquín Ferrara and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom18 Mar 2030
The numbers do not look good at Albion
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Match16 Mar 2030
Leandro Córdoba sends Albion past La Luz
It finished 2‑1, and it was Leandro Córdoba’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Albion.
The terraces18 Mar 2030
The crowd has taken to Felipe Agosto
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Squad18 Mar 2030
Appearance number 200 for Federico Barrandeguy
200 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Renzo Barbieri
- The terraces Albion's travelling support get something back at Paysandu FC
- Player ratings Lautaro Nicolazzi stands above it all