The Nueva Chicago Sentinel
Market7 Feb 2028
Elías Machuca puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Nueva Chicago, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings7 Feb 2028
Up for the corner, and Rodrigo Ramírez delivers — 7.48
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Rodrigo Ramírez scored, was marked 7.48, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
The dugout7 Feb 2028
Yao Boqing keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Nueva Chicago may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Words exchanged at Nueva Chicago
Rodrigo Ramírez 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.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Graduation day at Nueva Chicago
2 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.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Words at Nueva Chicago training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alan Ruiz 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
Nueva Chicago promote Daniel Silva from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Silva 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
Mingo steps up from the Nueva Chicago academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mingo 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.
Match5 Feb 2028
Nueva Chicago get the job done against Talleres
A 1‑0 win over Talleres, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
In brief
- Squad Julián Miranda signs a new deal
- Loan watch Leonel Ortíz wants to come home
- Player ratings Nobody on the pitch touched Matías Vera