Roberto Muñoz

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The Estudiantes Chronicle

13 Jan 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad13 Jan 2031

The knee: Diego Rodríguez out for 81 days

81 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Estudiantes lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

The terraces13 Jan 2031

Supporters organise against the Estudiantes board

A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.

The dugout13 Jan 2031

Facundo Castelli frozen out at Estudiantes

This is not rotation. Facundo Castelli has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Estudiantes is pretending otherwise.

Market13 Jan 2031

Only the photograph left for Nicolás Calero

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Nicolás Calero will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Estudiantes the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad13 Jan 2031

Words exchanged at Estudiantes

Delfor Minervino 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.

Squad13 Jan 2031

Roberto Muñoz stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Roberto Muñoz and Estudiantes agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout13 Jan 2031

When it matters, Alex Costa Palomo plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout13 Jan 2031

No hiding place for Nicolás Calero

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nicolás Calero, and the manager let it.

The dugout13 Jan 2031

Lautaro Díaz Laharque asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

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The Estudiantes Chronicle

22 Jul 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom22 Jul 2030

The scrutiny sharpens at Estudiantes

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Estudiantes is running low.

Match20 Jul 2030

No end in sight to Estudiantes's wait for a win

7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Estudiantes has to find a result from somewhere.

Market22 Jul 2030

Nicolás Calero puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Estudiantes, and it is not being withdrawn.

Boardroom22 Jul 2030

Window shuts: 1 in, 6 out at Estudiantes

The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 1 arrived, 6 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.

Transfer targets22 Jul 2030

The paperwork begins on Thiago Ocampo

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Estudiantes have done the hard part with Nueva Chicago, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad22 Jul 2030

Delfor Minervino 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 Estudiantes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets22 Jul 2030

Agropecuario Argentino tell Estudiantes: Agustín Reynoso is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Match20 Jul 2030

A bad afternoon for Estudiantes against Agropecuario Argentino

0‑2 to Agropecuario Argentino, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout22 Jul 2030

No hiding place for Leonardo Barrios

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Leonardo Barrios, and the manager let it.

In brief