The Arsenal Chronicle
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Both of them Matías Sosa's — 8.59
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.59, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Market15 Feb 2027
Lautaro Brienzo asks to leave Arsenal
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad15 Feb 2027
A one-man rearguard from Nahuel Pezzini
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
Matías Lucero says Arsenal 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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Arsenal
Nahuel Pezzini 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.
Match13 Feb 2027
Racing snatch it back from Arsenal
A goal on 88 minutes turned three points into one and a good afternoon into an argument about game management that will run until Saturday.
Match13 Feb 2027
Honours even between Arsenal and Racing
2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Matías Lucero runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Enano stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Enano and Arsenal agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
- The dugout Luis Alberto Núñez: “We have to be better”
- Squad Words at Arsenal training over how hard people work
- The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting Iván Peralta's mistake