The Almagro Chronicle
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Tobías Macies: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Almagro have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad8 Feb 2027
6 saves: Juan Pablo Zozaya was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Market8 Feb 2027
Gianfranco Joannaz 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 The request is on a desk at Almagro, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match6 Feb 2027
The wait goes on for Almagro
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
3 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Gino Barbieri 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.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
No hiding place for Juan Pablo Zozaya
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Juan Pablo Zozaya, and the manager let it.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Iván Costa joins the Almagro first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Iván Costa 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: Felipe Muñoz joins the Almagro first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Felipe Muñoz is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Maximiliano Arias joins the Almagro first team
- Squad A falling-out at Almagro
- Player ratings Nobody on the pitch touched Claudio Salto