The Almagro Chronicle
Boardroom14 Jan 2036
The scrutiny sharpens at Almagro
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Almagro is running low.
Transfer targets14 Jan 2036
Banfield tell Almagro: Hernán Ríos 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.
Squad14 Jan 2036
Words at Almagro training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Julián Correa 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.
Market14 Jan 2036
Noah Pereyra steps up from the Almagro academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Noah Pereyra 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.
Market14 Jan 2036
Almagro promote Facundo Rodríguez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Facundo Rodríguez 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 Jan 2036
Almagro promote Juan Blanco from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Juan Blanco 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 Jan 2036
Almagro promote Lucas Ojeda from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Lucas Ojeda 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.
The dugout14 Jan 2036
The manager makes an example of Matías Quiroga
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad14 Jan 2036
Matías Quiroga has had enough of the bench
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Almagro will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
In brief
- Squad The training reports on Raúl Flores are not good
- Match Mid-table, and Almagro know it
- Squad Raúl Flores is fit again