The Estudiantes Gazette
Match2 Feb 2036
Estudiantes taken apart
0‑5 to Sportivo Italiano, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Squad4 Feb 2036
A one-man rearguard from Tomás Silva
There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market4 Feb 2036
Julián Acosta asks to leave Estudiantes
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout4 Feb 2036
Yosuke Inoue: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Estudiantes have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad4 Feb 2036
Siro Rosané signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Siro Rosané commits to Estudiantes for another 2 years.
Squad4 Feb 2036
Tempers go at Estudiantes
Mauro Valiente 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.
Boardroom4 Feb 2036
5 academy graduates step up at Estudiantes
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market4 Feb 2036
Estudiantes promote Pablo Miranda from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Pablo Miranda 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.
Market4 Feb 2036
One of our own: Facundo Domínguez joins the Estudiantes first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Facundo Domínguez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Juan Vidal steps up from the Estudiantes academy
- Boardroom Wages eat 118% of everything Estudiantes earn
- Boardroom Inquest at Estudiantes