The Colegiales Herald
Squad26 May 2031
The knee: Pablo Falcao out for 117 days
117 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Colegiales lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market26 May 2031
Benicio Herrera hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Colegiales can pretend not to have heard.
Market26 May 2031
Benicio Herrera steps up from the Colegiales academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Benicio Herrera 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.
Market26 May 2031
One of our own: Carlos Alberto Ortiz joins the Colegiales first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Carlos Alberto Ortiz is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market26 May 2031
Colegiales promote Iván Castillo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Iván 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.
Squad26 May 2031
A row about effort at Colegiales
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Matheus Lima was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad26 May 2031
Maximiliano Ríos signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Maximiliano Ríos commits to Colegiales for another 3 years.
Squad26 May 2031
A falling-out at Colegiales
Martín Dedes and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout26 May 2031
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Franco Herrera was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the Colegiales dressing room was either.
In brief
- Player ratings Valentín Quevedo could have had three
- Player ratings The chances came and went for Lautaro Gordillo
- Match No goals between Colegiales and Arsenal