The Real Santander Post
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
3 academy graduates step up at Real Santander
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Match23 Jan 2027
Real Santander come up short against Bogota
Bogota left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Real Santander
Álex Segura 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Pablo Falcao steps up from the Real Santander academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Pablo Falcao 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Johan Rios steps up from the Real Santander academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Johan Rios 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Real Santander promote Carlos Bacca from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Carlos Bacca 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.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Emiliano Larrouy
“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.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Álex Segura runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
A masterclass from Julian Angulo
Marked 8.13 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
In brief
- Squad Words at Real Santander training over how hard people work
- The dugout David Palacios: “No excuses”
- Boardroom Real Santander turn down the training-ground plan