Izei Alonso

Left Midfielder - Alcorcón
22 Sep 2031
Monday
Process

Marked for Izei Alonso

244 Edition

The Alcorcón Courier

31 Mar 2031
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Only the photograph left for Valentín Fiezzi

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Valentín Fiezzi will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Alcorcón the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

Tempers go at Alcorcón

César Álvarez 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.

Squad

A row about effort at Alcorcón

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ali Jaber was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

Cole Dexter 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.

The dugout

Ali Jaber knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Ali Jaber trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Loan watch

Octavio Ontivero first choice at Sevilla

26 starts and a season average of 6.79. The loan is doing exactly what it was arranged to do.

Market

Still no signature from Valentín Fiezzi

5 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Alcorcón could get for him.

Squad

A season on the outside for Ilja Bykovskiy

He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Alcorcón has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.

The dugout

A door opens for David Easmon

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

In brief

Back issues
196 Edition

The Alcorcón Courier

29 Apr 2030
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Octavio Ontivero asks to leave Alcorcón

“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.

Player ratings

Marco Granados scores twice — 8.99

Two goals and a mark of 8.99 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Squad

A falling-out at Alcorcón

Marino Illescas and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match

Alcorcón get the job done against Marbella

A 2‑1 win over Marbella, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Match

Alan Visco the difference as Alcorcón beat Sanluqueño

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Alan Visco. 1‑0 against Sanluqueño, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad

Words at Alcorcón training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jon Merino is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Player ratings

Santino Sottocorno in the eights

A performance of 8.03 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

The dugout

No place for Valentín Fiezzi on the big day

He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Alcorcón pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.

The dugout

José Núñez: “That is the standard”

“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 1‑0, already talking about the next one.

In brief

184 Edition

The Alcorcón Courier

4 Feb 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Octavio Ontivero 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 Alcorcón can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Santino Bacciadone keeps Alcorcón in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Transfer targets

Alcorcón agree $390.0K for Filip Ugrinić

The clubs have shaken hands with Valencia; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.

Boardroom

Alcorcón close the window on a squad of their own making

1 in and 4 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Market

Nikita Tepliakov is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Alcorcón is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Boardroom

Alcorcón to lose Nikita Tepliakov for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Nikita Tepliakov has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.

Squad

Words exchanged at Alcorcón

Octavio Ontivero and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets

Athletic Bilbao tell Alcorcón: Jaime Parra is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Match

Alcorcón come up short against Sevilla Atlético

Sevilla Atlético left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief