The Almagro Chronicle
The dugout7 Feb 2028
Axel Pedrozo says Almagro went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market7 Feb 2028
Uriel Villalobos puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Almagro, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Gino Barbieri 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 Almagro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market7 Feb 2028
Roberto Lapadula is a Almagro player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
4 academy graduates step up at Almagro
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.
Market7 Feb 2028
Valentín Suárez steps up from the Almagro academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Valentín Suárez 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
One of our own: Juan Carlos Ruiz joins the Almagro first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Juan Carlos Ruiz is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match5 Feb 2028
Almagro find a way past Colegiales
Colegiales made Almagro work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Words at Almagro training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gonzalo Asis 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.
In brief
- Squad Martín Costa signs a new deal
- Player ratings Alan Bonansea was the difference for Almagro
- The dugout The view from the dugout