The Agropecuario Argentino Sentinel
Squad5 Feb 2029
The knee: Oscar Belinetz out for 103 days
103 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Agropecuario Argentino lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The dugout5 Feb 2029
Revaz Shengelia: 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.” Agropecuario Argentino have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Tempers go at Agropecuario Argentino
Antonio Napolitano 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.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Graduation day at Agropecuario Argentino
5 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.
Market5 Feb 2029
Agropecuario Argentino promote Iván Benítez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Iván Benítez 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.
Market5 Feb 2029
One of our own: Enano joins the Agropecuario Argentino first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Enano is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market5 Feb 2029
Facundo González steps up from the Agropecuario Argentino academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Facundo González 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.
Market5 Feb 2029
Agropecuario Argentino promote Ezequiel Sánchez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ezequiel Sánchez 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.
The dugout5 Feb 2029
Mirko Parassole gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Match Colón take the points off Agropecuario Argentino
- Boardroom Agropecuario Argentino board go back on their word
- The dugout Carlos Ferreyra: “No excuses”