The Oriental Sentinel
Squad15 Feb 2027
Ángelo Gabrielli breaks a bone — 84 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 84 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Braian Galván was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 22. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Oriental
Enzo Vlaeminch 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.
Boardroom15 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Oriental
4 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.
The terraces15 Feb 2027
The crowd has taken to Nicolás Kozlovsky
At 23 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Gabriel Suarez steps up from the Oriental academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gabriel Suarez 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Jonathan Da Silva joins the Oriental first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jonathan Da Silva is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market15 Feb 2027
Oriental promote Santiago Cardozo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Santiago Cardozo 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Martin Alvarez joins the Oriental first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Martin Alvarez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match Oriental find a way past Rentistas
- Player ratings Nicolás Kozlovsky was the difference for Oriental
- The dugout Matias Araujo: “That is the standard”