The Estudiantes Chronicle
Squad6 Feb 2034
3 goals for Brian Farioli
The match ball belongs to Brian Farioli, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Squad6 Feb 2034
7 saves: Gael Colombo was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Player ratings6 Feb 2034
Age has not caught Brian Farioli yet — 9.21
At 35 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 9.21 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Squad6 Feb 2034
Facundo Ardiles signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Facundo Ardiles and Estudiantes agree another 2 years.
Squad6 Feb 2034
Words exchanged at Estudiantes
Federico Sena 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.
Match4 Feb 2034
Estudiantes see off Defensores Unidos
Three points for Estudiantes, 4‑3 the final word against Defensores Unidos in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Match4 Feb 2034
7 goals as Estudiantes and Defensores Unidos go for it
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 7 goals between Estudiantes and Defensores Unidos, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Boardroom6 Feb 2034
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Estudiantes
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
The terraces6 Feb 2034
The crowd has taken to Ciro
At 19 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Lucas Cabrera joins the Estudiantes first team
- Market One of our own: Raúl Medina joins the Estudiantes first team
- Market Estudiantes promote Flaco from within