The Tigre Sentinel
The dugout5 Feb 2029
Valentino Acuña: 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.” Tigre have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market5 Feb 2029
Sebastián Sánchez has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Tigre they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Federico Vidal signs on for the long haul
Tigre moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Federico Vidal, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Graduation day at Tigre
6 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.
Match3 Feb 2029
Tigre are at home on the road
3 straight away victories. Sides that win away are usually sides that can defend and can counter, and the table has begun to reflect what those journeys have earned.
Market5 Feb 2029
One of our own: Capo joins the Tigre first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Capo 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
Bubu steps up from the Tigre academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Bubu 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
Tigre promote Andrés Vega from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Andrés Vega 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.
Match3 Feb 2029
Tigre see off Gimnasia La Plata
Three points for Tigre, 1‑0 the final word against Gimnasia La Plata in a contest settled by the finer margins.
In brief
- Squad Fernando Cardozo reaches 200 appearances
- Squad A row about effort at Tigre
- Player ratings One of those days for Alan Varela