The Alavés Sentinel
Squad8 Mar 2027
11 saves: Antonio Sivera was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 11 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Match6 Mar 2027
Alavés taken apart
1‑4 to Valencia, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Cote signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Cote commits to Alavés for another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Ander Guevara 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 Alavés this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Words at Alavés training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Antonio Blanco 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Sergio Álvarez joins the Alavés first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sergio Álvarez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Iván Cortés joins the Alavés first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Iván Cortés is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match6 Mar 2027
No time for Valencia to settle
The goal that put Valencia ahead was still being replayed on the concourse when Alavés equalised, 2 minutes later. Leads are only worth what you do with them.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
No hiding place for Miguel Rodríguez
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Miguel Rodríguez, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Boardroom Nobody left the Alavés dressing room in a hurry
- The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting Cote's mistake
- The dugout Héctor Ramos: “No excuses”