The Tigre Sentinel
Match5 Feb 2028
Whatever happens, Tigre do not lose
12 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad7 Feb 2028
A move Mateo Ramírez would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Mateo Ramírez is living that version at Tigre, and it tends to show in the first month.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Tigre
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Jonathan Menéndez will join Tigre for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Jonathan Menéndez has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Tigre have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Squad7 Feb 2028
The manager makes an example of Camilo Viganoni
“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.
Market7 Feb 2028
Raúl Acosta steps up from the Tigre academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Raúl Acosta 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
Tigre promote Pol from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Pol 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
One of our own: José Luis Miranda joins the Tigre first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. José Luis Miranda is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market7 Feb 2028
Liam Varela steps up from the Tigre academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Liam Varela 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.
In brief
- Match The run at home goes on for Tigre
- Squad Words at Tigre training over how hard people work
- Squad Federico Tevez in a row with a teammate