The Deportivo Armenio Gazette
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
An order from above at Deportivo Armenio: somebody has to go
Balance sheets do not care about form or about who the manager was planning to build around. The board have decided a sale is required, and the only question left is which name ends up carrying it.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Deportivo Armenio
Nicolás Sánchez 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.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Deportivo Armenio
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.
Match6 Feb 2027
Brown de Adrogué take the points off Deportivo Armenio
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market8 Feb 2027
Deportivo Armenio promote Luis Moretti from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luis Moretti 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Deportivo Armenio promote Luis Castillo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luis Castillo 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Noah Navarro joins the Deportivo Armenio first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Noah Navarro is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Luis Ramos joins the Deportivo Armenio first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Luis Ramos is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Federico Marchesini falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Mauro Bazán
- Squad Deportivo Armenio are still strangers to each other
- Player ratings Diego Nakache was the difference for Deportivo Armenio