The Alvarado Gazette
Squad8 Feb 2027
Emanuel Bilbao damages knee ligaments — 37 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 37 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Alvarado
Emanuel Bilbao was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Alvarado
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Alvarado training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Cristian Gorgerino 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 terraces8 Feb 2027
The crowd has taken to Nahuel González
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.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Sebastián Muñoz joins the Alvarado first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sebastián Muñoz is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Noah Gutiérrez joins the Alvarado first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Noah Gutiérrez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Rafa joins the Alvarado first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rafa is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
Pablo Torres steps up from the Alvarado academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Pablo Torres 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
- Squad The manager makes an example of Jeremías Castro
- Boardroom Alvarado turn down the training-ground plan
- Player ratings Marco Miori runs at them all day