The Vélez Gazette
Player ratings14 Aug 2028
Nobody could get near Carlos Rotondi
Successful dribbles: 31. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Vélez
Aarón Quiros 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.
Match12 Aug 2028
Still nobody has beaten Vélez
The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Carlos Rotondi falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market14 Aug 2028
Vélez promote Leonardo Peralta from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Leonardo Peralta 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.
Market14 Aug 2028
One of our own: Martín Luna joins the Vélez first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Martín Luna is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market14 Aug 2028
One of our own: Diego Godoy joins the Vélez first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Diego Godoy is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market14 Aug 2028
Benjamín Vidal steps up from the Vélez academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Benjamín Vidal 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.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Joaquín García stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Joaquín García and Vélez agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
- Match Vélez refuse to lose to Estudiantes
- Loan watch Facundo Salinas counts the days
- The dugout Carlos Rotondi has become a man the manager trusts