The Alvarado Gazette
Match3 Feb 2029
Alvarado throw away a 2-goal lead
2 in front and in complete control, and it finished with Quilmes the happier side. There is no version of this afternoon that Alvarado will enjoy reviewing.
The dugout5 Feb 2029
Matías Mansilla frozen out at Alvarado
This is not rotation. Matías Mansilla has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Alvarado is pretending otherwise.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Alvarado told to sell
The instruction came from the boardroom and the dugout did not agree with it. Somebody will go, the fee will be called good business, and the manager will spend the season rebuilding around the space.
Transfer targets5 Feb 2029
The paperwork begins on Amy Fleurilus
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Alvarado have done the hard part with Belgrano, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Tempers go at Alvarado
Matías Mansilla 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 Alvarado
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.
Squad5 Feb 2029
A row about effort at Alvarado
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Pablo Hofstetter was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets5 Feb 2029
Door shut on Franco Meza
Alvarado asked and Ferrocarril Midland said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market5 Feb 2029
Emiliano Muñoz steps up from the Alvarado academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Emiliano Muñoz 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.
In brief
- Market Julián Aguirre steps up from the Alvarado academy
- Market One of our own: Halcón joins the Alvarado first team
- Market Miguel Ángel Romero steps up from the Alvarado academy