The Andorra Chronicle
Squad22 Nov 2027
118 days out for Pedro López after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Andorra will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Tempers go at Andorra
Sergio Busquets 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.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Miguel Antonio is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 18 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
The dugout22 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Sergio Busquets
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Aimar Gil out for 15 days
The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Aimar Gil, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match20 Nov 2027
Andorra and Las Palmas take a point apiece
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
The dugout22 Nov 2027
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Ibai Vázquez chose the glass-half-full version of 1‑1; the supporters left with the other one.
Player ratings22 Nov 2027
Peio Canales runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The dugout22 Nov 2027
The plan did not have a place for Sergio Busquets
Nobody at Andorra is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.
In brief
- The dugout Martí Vilà dropped after a run of poor form
- Looking ahead Martín Aguirregabiria faces his old club
- Market Andorra put Alberto Solís up for sale