The Los Andes Courier
Squad21 Dec 2026
16 days out for Sergio Ramírez after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Los Andes will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Transfer targets21 Dec 2026
Santiago Roggero due for a Los Andes medical
Everything agreed with Gimnasia y Esgrima, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Words exchanged at Los Andes
Brian Leizza and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Tomás Díaz
“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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Words at Los Andes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Franco Rodríguez 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.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
The manager makes Matías González a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Los Andes. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
In brief
- Squad “I want to play”: Facundo Villarreal speaks
- The dugout Franco Rodríguez keeps his manager's vote