The Metropolitanos Sentinel
Match23 Jan 2027
Nicolás Azambuja wins it after the whistle should have gone
93 minutes played. Nicolás Azambuja found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Deportivo Lara went from a point to nothing inside one movement.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Nicolás Azambuja scores twice — 7.96
Two goals and a mark of 7.96 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Andrés Ferro 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 Metropolitanos this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Graduation day at Metropolitanos
3 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.
Match23 Jan 2027
Metropolitanos get the job done against Deportivo Lara
A 3‑2 win over Deportivo Lara, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Words at Metropolitanos training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jean Franco Fuentes 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 terraces25 Jan 2027
The crowd has taken to Agustín Bianciotti
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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Metropolitanos promote David Osorio from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. David Osorio 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Metropolitanos promote Richard Savarino from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Richard Savarino 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.
In brief
- Market Sergio Ramirez steps up from the Metropolitanos academy
- Squad No hiding place for Rafael Sangiovani
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Saimon Ramírez