The Andorra Chronicle
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
Aingeru Olabarrieta runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 43. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market21 Aug 2028
Andorra say no — this time
The offer from Leon for Lautaro De León was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market21 Aug 2028
Levante join the queue for Manu Nieto
Add another name to the list: Levante have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Manu Nieto. The answer from Andorra has not changed — yet.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Real improvement from Aingeru Olabarrieta at Andorra
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Aingeru Olabarrieta is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Sun Huizer says Andorra went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Nico Ratti out for 26 days
The medical room confirms 26 days on the sidelines for Nico Ratti, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Arouna Sanganté 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 Andorra this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market21 Aug 2028
Juan Galeano comes home
The shirt still fits. Juan Galeano is back at Andorra, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Graduation day at Andorra
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.
In brief
- Market Iván Martín steps up from the Andorra academy
- Player ratings Juan Sebastián stands above it all
- Match No goals between Andorra and Valladolid