Marked for Imanol
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
The terraces25 Jan 2027
Anger at Andorra spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Market25 Jan 2027
Getafe come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Andorra did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad25 Jan 2027
A one-man rearguard from Sven Ulreich
There were 6 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
The name of Nico Ratti has come up in conversations Andorra were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Imanol in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Andorra this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Words at Andorra training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sven Ulreich 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 ratings25 Jan 2027
Defensive actions: 18, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad25 Jan 2027
No hiding place for Darío
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Darío, and the manager let it.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match14 Dec 2026
Andorra sink to position 22
10 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad14 Dec 2026
A one-man rearguard from Sven Ulreich
There were 6 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.
Match12 Dec 2026
The wait goes on for Andorra
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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Words at Andorra training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sven Ulreich 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.
Match12 Dec 2026
Andorra cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Nico Ratti
“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.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Imanol was immovable
18 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
16 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.
Squad14 Dec 2026
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match16 Nov 2026
Every point is an argument now for Andorra
Position 21 and 9 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Squad16 Nov 2026
A one-man rearguard from Sven Ulreich
There were 8 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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Marc Cardona 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.
In brief
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Squad
Words at Andorra training over how hard people work
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Match
A bad afternoon for Andorra against Gijón
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Squad
The manager makes an example of Imanol
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Player ratings
Nobody could get near Marc Cardona
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match26 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Andorra's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Andorra has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Marc Cardona in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Andorra this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match26 Sep 2026
3 matches without a goal for Andorra
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad28 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Imanol
“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.
Match26 Sep 2026
Castellón left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.