Marked for Gustavo Ramírez
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
The terraces1 Nov 2027
The mood at Newell's Old Boys has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 16 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Boardroom1 Nov 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Newell's Old Boys
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market1 Nov 2027
“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.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Santiago Cáseres was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Julián Contrera 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.
The dugout1 Nov 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nicolás Caro Torres, and the manager let it.
The dugout1 Nov 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Newell's Old Boys, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market1 Nov 2027
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
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Uneasy
Match18 Sep 2027
The run now stands at 11, and the questions being asked around Newell's Old Boys are no longer polite ones.
Squad20 Sep 2027
A fracture rules Germán Pezzella out for 65 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Newell's Old Boys will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings20 Sep 2027
Successful dribbles: 22. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Words at Newell's Old Boys training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Santiago Cáseres 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.
Player ratings20 Sep 2027
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.01, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Jerónimo Russo 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.
Market20 Sep 2027
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Gustavo Ramírez has his answer from Newell's Old Boys; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
The dugout20 Sep 2027
“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.
Match18 Sep 2027
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
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Crisis
Squad23 Aug 2027
A fracture rules Germán Pezzella out for 95 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Newell's Old Boys will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match21 Aug 2027
0‑3 against Estudiantes, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Match21 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Newell's Old Boys's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Newell's Old Boys has to find a result from somewhere.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Newell's Old Boys may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market23 Aug 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market23 Aug 2027
Camilo Núñez hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Newell's Old Boys can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Santiago Cáseres was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Matías Cóccaro and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
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Crisis
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Successful dribbles: 49. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 102 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market16 Aug 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Match14 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Newell's Old Boys's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Newell's Old Boys has to find a result from somewhere.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ian Glavinovich was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Matías Cóccaro 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.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Saúl Salcedo
“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.
Match14 Aug 2027
Lanús left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
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Uneasy
The dugout21 Jun 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Newell's Old Boys may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market21 Jun 2027
“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.
Squad21 Jun 2027
At 23 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Martín Ortega 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.
The dugout21 Jun 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Rodrigo Herrera, and the manager let it.
Squad21 Jun 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Newell's Old Boys this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout21 Jun 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Newell's Old Boys, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout21 Jun 2027
Gustavo Ramírez has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Newell's Old Boys will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
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Uneasy
Squad24 May 2027
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Santiago Cáseres was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout24 May 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad24 May 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Felipe Calderone and Newell's Old Boys agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad24 May 2027
Pablo Altamirano 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.
The dugout24 May 2027
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout24 May 2027
Gustavo Ramírez asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
The dugout10 May 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Newell's Old Boys may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad10 May 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Newell's Old Boys this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 May 2027
Martín Ortega 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.
Squad10 May 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alejo Navarro commits to Newell's Old Boys for another 5 years.
The dugout10 May 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Lautaro Villegas, and the manager let it.
The dugout10 May 2027
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout10 May 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Newell's Old Boys, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market10 May 2027
Bladimir Angulo is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Newell's Old Boys has been clear about where Bladimir Angulo stands, which is more than many ever get.
Looking ahead10 May 2027
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Santiago Solari’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Newell's Old Boys needing him to play as if none of it matters.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad19 Apr 2027
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Santiago Cáseres was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Julián Contrera 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.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Marked 8.02 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Rodrigo Herrera, and the manager let it.
Match17 Apr 2027
A goal on 91 minutes turned three points into one and a good afternoon into an argument about game management that will run until Saturday.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match17 Apr 2027
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Germán Pezzella trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Carlos Alberto Lombardi was not hiding it after 1‑1, and nobody in the Newell's Old Boys dressing room was either.
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Steady
Match10 Apr 2027
Instituto will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Newell's Old Boys were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Market12 Apr 2027
“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.
Squad12 Apr 2027
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Newell's Old Boys may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match10 Apr 2027
13 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Words at Newell's Old Boys training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Santiago Cáseres 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.
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.34, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Julián Contrera and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Player ratings1 Mar 2027
Successful dribbles: 48. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad1 Mar 2027
14 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Newell's Old Boys lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Julián Contrera 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.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Words at Newell's Old Boys training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ian Glavinovich 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.
The dugout1 Mar 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad1 Mar 2027
The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Gustavo Ramírez has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.
The dugout1 Mar 2027
Germán Pezzella asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
The dugout1 Mar 2027
Alejo Montero dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
The dugout1 Mar 2027
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
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Crisis
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Successful dribbles: 55. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad15 Feb 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Jherson Mosquera
30 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Newell's Old Boys lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market15 Feb 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Newell's Old Boys can pretend not to have heard.
Match13 Feb 2027
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Martín Ortega 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.
Match13 Feb 2027
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad15 Feb 2027
10 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
The terraces15 Feb 2027
Every touch weighed, every quote parsed, every mistake replayed. Some players grow into that; some are quietly finished by it; nobody knows which until afterwards.
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Steady
Squad1 Feb 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 23 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad1 Feb 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Valentino Acuña and Newell's Old Boys agree another 5 years.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Martín Ortega 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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Elián Giménez 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.
The dugout1 Feb 2027
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Newell's Old Boys. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
The dugout1 Feb 2027
Nicolás Goitea asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Steady
Squad25 Jan 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 30 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Germán Pezzella, and the manager let it.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Words at Newell's Old Boys training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Martín Ortega 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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Marcelo Esponda 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.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
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Steady
Squad28 Dec 2026
32 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Newell's Old Boys lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad28 Dec 2026
A fracture rules Santino Duarte out for 79 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Newell's Old Boys will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market28 Dec 2026
“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.
Market28 Dec 2026
Only the photograph left for David Sotelo
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. David Sotelo will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Newell's Old Boys the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Walter Mazzantti 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.
Market28 Dec 2026
The chase for Santiago Torres ended with $140.0K changing hands and San Lorenzo out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Words at Newell's Old Boys training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ian Glavinovich 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.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
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Steady
Market30 Nov 2026
Only the photograph left for David Sotelo
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. David Sotelo will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Newell's Old Boys the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Martín Ortega 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.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Emiliano Ellacopulos, and the manager let it.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Santiago Cáseres trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
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Steady
Market2 Nov 2026
Only the photograph left for David Sotelo
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. David Sotelo will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Newell's Old Boys the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ian Glavinovich and Newell's Old Boys agree another 4 years.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Ian Glavinovich
“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.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Something was said to Ignacio Ramírez and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Valentino Acuña named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Valentino Acuña is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
Market2 Nov 2026
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Ciro Thompson has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Newell's Old Boys.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Squad2 Nov 2026
It will be explained as a change for the team and it may even be one. Nobody who has worn one believes that, and neither does the man who has just had it taken away.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Walter Núñez knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Walter Núñez trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Steady
Market5 Oct 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Newell's Old Boys can pretend not to have heard.
Market5 Oct 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Newell's Old Boys is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Matías Cóccaro 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Ian Glavinovich 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Valentino Acuña is the month’s best young player
At 20 he was better than everybody his age in the division for four weeks running, which is harder than one good afternoon. Newell's Old Boys will try not to make too much of it.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Four weeks in which nobody in the division did his job better. The award goes on a shelf and the player goes back into the side, which is the order Newell's Old Boys prefer.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
7.21, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Newell's Old Boys had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
Somebody else is better right now than Alejo Montero
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
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Upbeat
Squad31 Aug 2026
Josué Reinatti decides it from twelve yards
2 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.
Match26 Aug 2026
A 3‑3 win over Almirante Brown, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 30. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The match ball belongs to Gustavo Ramírez, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Market31 Aug 2026
Twente come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Newell's Old Boys did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Gustavo Ramírez, 36, rolls back the years — 9.29
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 9.29 at 36, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Marked 7.93 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Match29 Aug 2026
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.