From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad15 Nov 2027
Juan Velázquez 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.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Gonzalo Zelarayán has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Squad15 Nov 2027
A welcome sight on the training pitch: Luka Gutiérrez has come through recovery and is pushing for a place again.
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Uneasy
Match8 Nov 2027
Belgrano sink to position 157 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad8 Nov 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.
Squad8 Nov 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Emiliano Rigoni commits to Belgrano for another 2 years.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Tomás Castro gets it from the manager“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.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Lisandro López 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.
Boardroom8 Nov 2027
Belgrano pull $5.0M back off the tableThe money that was there in the summer is not there now. Nobody upstairs calls this a change of ambition, and everybody downstairs reads it as one.
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Uneasy
Boardroom1 Nov 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Belgrano
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad1 Nov 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tomás Castro commits to Belgrano for another 3 years.
Squad1 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Nicolás Chaves
“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.
Market1 Nov 2027
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Loan watch1 Nov 2027
33 appearances away from home and 4 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Loan watch1 Nov 2027
33 appearances away from home and 4 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Squad1 Nov 2027
“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.
Squad1 Nov 2027
“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 37 with 101 appearances behind him, and Belgrano have to plan for both answers.
Loan watch1 Nov 2027
“I am playing every week here and I feel like a footballer again.” 15 appearances and 0 goals on loan, and a decision waiting in the summer.
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Uneasy
Squad25 Oct 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Agustín Falcón and Belgrano agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad25 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Alcides Benítez
“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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Santiago Longo 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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Crisis
Match16 Oct 2027
15 matches without a win for Belgrano
The run now stands at 15, and the questions being asked around Belgrano are no longer polite ones.
Match16 Oct 2027
Argentinos Juniors left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad18 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Thiago Cardozo
“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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match9 Oct 2027
14 matches without a win for Belgrano
The run now stands at 14, and the questions being asked around Belgrano are no longer polite ones.
Match11 Oct 2027
Belgrano are in real trouble nowPosition 14, 7 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad11 Oct 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.
Match9 Oct 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.
Squad11 Oct 2027
2 goals and a season average of 7.20. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Ramiro Hernandes 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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match2 Oct 2027
13 matches without a win for Belgrano
The run now stands at 13, and the questions being asked around Belgrano are no longer polite ones.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Lucas Zelarayán commits to Belgrano for another 2 years.
Match2 Oct 2027
2-3 to River Plate , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad4 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Lisandro López
“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.
Squad4 Oct 2027
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Juan Velázquez 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.
Market4 Oct 2027
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Loan watch4 Oct 2027
33 appearances away from home and 4 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Loan watch4 Oct 2027
33 appearances away from home and 4 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match25 Sep 2027
12 matches without a win for Belgrano
The run now stands at 12, and the questions being asked around Belgrano are no longer polite ones.
Squad27 Sep 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.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Juan Velázquez knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Belgrano , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match18 Sep 2027
11 matches without a win for Belgrano
The run now stands at 11, and the questions being asked around Belgrano are no longer polite ones.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Franco Vázquez : 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.” Belgrano have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match18 Sep 2027
Barracas Central left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad20 Sep 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Julián Mavilla commits to Belgrano for another 4 years.
Squad20 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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
41 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Loan watch20 Sep 2027
“I did not go to UTC to sit and watch. I want to come back to Belgrano and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 37 matches say the rest.
The terraces20 Sep 2027
Everybody has an opinion about Tomás Castro
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Loan watch20 Sep 2027
3 appearances away from home and 1 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match11 Sep 2027
10 matches without a win for Belgrano
The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around Belgrano are no longer polite ones.
Match13 Sep 2027
Belgrano sink to position 135 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match11 Sep 2027
It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad13 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Alcides Benítez
“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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market13 Sep 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.
Loan watch13 Sep 2027
28 appearances away from home and 3 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Manuel Vicentini 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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
The wait is over, and the relief was visible from the back of the stand. 6 for the season, and the next one always comes easier.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match4 Sep 2027
9 matches without a win for Belgrano
The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Belgrano are no longer polite ones.
Loan watch6 Sep 2027
“I did not go to Torpedo Moscow to sit and watch. I want to come back to Belgrano and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
Squad6 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Lucas Passerini
“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.
Match4 Sep 2027
Sarmiento left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The terraces6 Sep 2027
Everybody has an opinion about Lucas Passerini
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Squad6 Sep 2027
A season average of 7.20 with 2 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
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Crisis
Match28 Aug 2027
8 matches without a win for Belgrano
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Belgrano are no longer polite ones.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 30 days on the sidelines for Ramiro Hernandes , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match28 Aug 2027
1-2 to Banfield , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
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Uneasy
Match21 Aug 2027
7 matches without a win for Belgrano
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Belgrano are no longer polite ones.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Nicolás Chaves : 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.” Belgrano have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match21 Aug 2027
It finished 3-3, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Loan watch23 Aug 2027
“I did not go to UTC to sit and watch. I want to come back to Belgrano and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 33 matches say the rest.
Squad23 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Franco Vázquez
“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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Lisandro López knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Belgrano , and both men came out saying it was fine.
The terraces23 Aug 2027
Everybody has an opinion about Thiago Cardozo
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
The terraces23 Aug 2027
The press cannot get enough of Lisandro López
Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.
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Crisis
Match14 Aug 2027
6 matches without a win for Belgrano
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Belgrano are no longer polite ones.
Squad16 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Juan Velázquez
“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
0-1 to Racing Club , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad16 Aug 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Manuel Vicentini knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Lisandro López 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.
Squad16 Aug 2027
One booking too many, and Lucas Zelarayán sits out. Belgrano lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
Market16 Aug 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.
Loan watch16 Aug 2027
26 appearances away from home and 3 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Loan watch16 Aug 2027
27 appearances away from home and 3 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad9 Aug 2027
Andres Murillo : 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.” Belgrano have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market9 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.
Match7 Aug 2027
5 matches without a win for Belgrano
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Belgrano are no longer polite ones.
Squad9 Aug 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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Manuel Vicentini commits to Belgrano for another 1 years.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Juan Velázquez 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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Crisis
Squad2 Aug 2027
Alcides Benítez : 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.” Belgrano have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match31 Jul 2027
4 matches without a win for Belgrano
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Belgrano are no longer polite ones.
Market2 Aug 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Belgrano have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Match31 Jul 2027
Aldosivi left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad2 Aug 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.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Adrián Spörle knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Belgrano , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Adrián Spörle has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Adrián Spörle keeps the shirt for now, at Belgrano 's convenience rather than his own.
Loan watch2 Aug 2027
26 appearances at Gimnasia y Esgrima and the goals keep coming. Belgrano are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Loan watch2 Aug 2027
16 appearances away from home and 1 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
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Uneasy
Match21 Jul 2027
Platense ended it 1-3. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Squad26 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Lucas Passerini
“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.
Loan watch26 Jul 2027
“I did not go to UTC to sit and watch. I want to come back to Belgrano and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 29 matches say the rest.
Market26 Jul 2027
Torpedo Moscow are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Belgrano will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Match24 Jul 2027
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Tigre defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Squad26 Jul 2027
A first senior shirt for Julián Nuñez
Every debut is a small story about the future: Julián Nuñez , 20 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
Squad26 Jul 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Belgrano have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad26 Jul 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Emiliano Rigoni keeps the shirt for now, at Belgrano 's convenience rather than his own.
Market26 Jul 2027
The window shut and Santiago Longo is still in the building
Belgrano spent a month trying to move him and nobody rang back. He trains with a squad that has told him where he stands, and both sides start counting down to the next one.
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Steady
Squad19 Jul 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
The paperwork is done: Mateo Mamani joins from Colegiales in a deal worth $120.0K. Now comes the harder part.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Santiago Longo 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.
Álvaro Ocampo Álvaro Ocampo says Belgrano went back on their word
The terraces19 Jul 2027
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
Squad19 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Tiago Benzi
“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.
Match17 Jul 2027
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Independiente Rivadavia came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A new face in his position, and Lucas Passerini suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Belgrano have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Market19 Jul 2027
A season-long audition: Aldosivi still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Belgrano 's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.
Loan watch19 Jul 2027
22 appearances away from home and 3 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
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Steady
Market12 Jul 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 Belgrano can pretend not to have heard.
Market12 Jul 2027
The bid was some way short and Belgrano did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad12 Jul 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Tiago Benzi and Belgrano agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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Steady
Squad5 Jul 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nicolás Chaves commits to Belgrano for another 4 years.
Squad5 Jul 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.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Leonardo Morales has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Steady
Squad28 Jun 2027
Lisandro López : 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.” Belgrano have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market28 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.
Market28 Jun 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
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Steady
Squad21 Jun 2027
Agustín Falcón : 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.” Belgrano have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad21 Jun 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Matías Fonseca and Belgrano agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market21 Jun 2027
Bunyodkor are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Belgrano will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Juan Velázquez knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Belgrano , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad21 Jun 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.
Market21 Jun 2027
Thiago Cortés is free to find somewhere else“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Belgrano has been clear about where Thiago Cortés stands, which is more than many ever get.
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Upbeat
Match9 Jun 2027
Cup progress for Belgrano
A 1-0 win over Agropecuario Argentino , a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Market14 Jun 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 Belgrano can pretend not to have heard.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Manuel Vicentini : 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.” Belgrano have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market14 Jun 2027
The fee is $910.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Instituto drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market14 Jun 2027
The fee is $310.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Tristán Suárez drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market14 Jun 2027
Defensa y Justicia pay $360.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Gastón Martínez and Belgrano agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad14 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Ángel Almada
“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 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 Belgrano , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Squad7 Jun 2027
Julián Mavilla : 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.” Belgrano have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market7 Jun 2027
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Santiago Longo has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Belgrano .
Squad7 Jun 2027
A new face in his position, and Lisandro López suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Belgrano have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Steady
Squad31 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Santiago Longo
“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.
Loan watch31 May 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Belgrano , and 0 appearances in 21 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad31 May 2027
Julián Mavilla 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
Squad24 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
Santiago Longo 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.
Loan watch24 May 2027
16 appearances away from home and 1 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
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Steady
Squad17 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Lisandro López
“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.
Squad17 May 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Alexis Maldonado has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Squad17 May 2027
Lisandro López named in the team of the weekA rating of 6.73 was enough for the selectors, and nobody who watched the match is going to argue with them.
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Steady
Squad10 May 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.
Squad10 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.
Squad10 May 2027
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match1 May 2027
1-2 to Huracán , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Loan watch3 May 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Belgrano , and 0 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad3 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Lucas Passerini
“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.
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Steady
Squad26 Apr 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 11 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match21 Apr 2027
Belgrano through in the cupA 2-0 win over Arsenal , and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Match24 Apr 2027
Still nobody has beaten Belgrano
The unbeaten run reaches 8. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Match24 Apr 2027
A 2-1 win over River Plate , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad26 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Julián Mavilla
“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.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Andres Murillo 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
Squad19 Apr 2027
Santino Daneri : 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.” Belgrano have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match17 Apr 2027
4 matches without a win for Belgrano
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Belgrano are no longer polite ones.
Match17 Apr 2027
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Belgrano did not have in the autumn.
Squad19 Apr 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.
Match17 Apr 2027
A 1-1 draw with Atlético Tucumán leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
The terraces19 Apr 2027
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
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Uneasy
Squad12 Apr 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.
Squad12 Apr 2027
18 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad12 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Raúl Chamorro
“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.
Tiago Benzi Tiago Benzi says Belgrano went back on their word
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Uneasy
Market5 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.
Squad5 Apr 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Emiliano Rigoni commits to Belgrano for another 2 years.
Squad5 Apr 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.
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Uneasy
Match27 Mar 2027
2-2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
The terraces29 Mar 2027
Everybody has an opinion about Santiago Longo
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Squad29 Mar 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Belgrano have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Uneasy
Match20 Mar 2027
A 1-0 win over Banfield , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad22 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.
Squad22 Mar 2027
At 22 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. Belgrano have a decision that made itself.
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Uneasy
Match13 Mar 2027
9 matches without a win for Belgrano
The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Belgrano are no longer polite ones.
Squad15 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Lisandro López
“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.
Squad15 Mar 2027
48 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Crisis
Match6 Mar 2027
8 matches without a win for Belgrano
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Belgrano are no longer polite ones.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Lucas Zelarayán and Belgrano agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Loan watch8 Mar 2027
“I did not go to UTC to sit and watch. I want to come back to Belgrano and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
Match6 Mar 2027
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad8 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Adrián Spörle
“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.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Andres Murillo 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
Match27 Feb 2027
7 matches without a win for Belgrano
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Belgrano are no longer polite ones.
Squad1 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Andres Murillo
“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.
Match27 Feb 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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Uneasy
Squad22 Feb 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match20 Feb 2027
6 matches without a win for Belgrano
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Belgrano are no longer polite ones.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Santiago Longo 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
Match13 Feb 2027
5 matches without a win for Belgrano
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Belgrano are no longer polite ones.
Match13 Feb 2027
A 2-2 draw with Tigre leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad15 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Franco Vázquez
“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.
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Steady
Match6 Feb 2027
4 matches without a win for Belgrano
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Belgrano are no longer polite ones.
Market8 Feb 2027
The shirt still fits. Sergio Pereyra is back at Belgrano , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market8 Feb 2027
The shirt still fits. Pitbull is back at Belgrano , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market8 Feb 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market8 Feb 2027
The shirt still fits. Fernando Iglesias is back at Belgrano , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad8 Feb 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Braian Uribe and Belgrano agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Loan watch8 Feb 2027
“I did not go to UTC to sit and watch. I want to come back to Belgrano and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
Match6 Feb 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.
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Steady
Market1 Feb 2027
The bid was some way short and Belgrano did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad1 Feb 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Braian Uribe commits to Belgrano for another 1 years.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Santino Gatti 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
Braian Uribe gets it from the manager“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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Agustín Falcón and Belgrano agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Lucas Passerini 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
Match18 Jan 2027
Belgrano up to position 320 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad18 Jan 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.
Squad18 Jan 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 Belgrano , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Squad11 Jan 2027
Juan Velázquez : 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.” Belgrano have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Julián Mavilla knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Belgrano , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market11 Jan 2027
A season-long audition: La Equidad still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Belgrano 's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Somebody is after Braian Uribe ’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Braian Uribe suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Belgrano have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Market11 Jan 2027
7 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Belgrano could get for him.
Market11 Jan 2027
Belgrano have made Santiago Ferez available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Steady
Market4 Jan 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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tiago Benzi commits to Belgrano for another 4 years.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Santiago Longo knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Belgrano , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The captaincy has been taken off Alexis Maldonado . Belgrano will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Gastón Martínez
“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.
Market4 Jan 2027
No fee and no drama: Joaquín Canadell has signed at Belgrano , and the wage bill is the only line that moved.
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Steady
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
Federico Ricca has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Belgrano they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad28 Dec 2026
The medical room confirms 18 days on the sidelines for Braian Uribe , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad28 Dec 2026
“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.
Market28 Dec 2026
Caracas are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Belgrano will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Santiago Longo 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
Boardroom21 Dec 2026
Qualification is done, and next season the floodlights come on for something bigger. A stage for the players, oxygen for the accounts and a passport for everybody else.
Match21 Dec 2026
Belgrano up to position 320 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Market21 Dec 2026
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Belgrano have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market21 Dec 2026
Agustín Melano has left for Talleres in a $270.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Market21 Dec 2026
Talleres pay $270.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Market21 Dec 2026
Cienciano are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Belgrano will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
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Steady
Market14 Dec 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 Belgrano can pretend not to have heard.
Market14 Dec 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market14 Dec 2026
Estudiantes pay $1.7M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Market14 Dec 2026
Danilo Regali has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Belgrano they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Santino Gatti knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Belgrano , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The move was somebody else's story. What it left behind was a dressing-room stall nobody has taken and a player who keeps looking at it.
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Steady
Market7 Dec 2026
San Lorenzo come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Belgrano did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“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.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alexis Maldonado commits to Belgrano for another 4 years.
Market7 Dec 2026
César Galíndez has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Belgrano they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market7 Dec 2026
The fee is $120.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Racing drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market7 Dec 2026
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Belgrano has been clear about where Francisco González Metilli stands, which is more than many ever get.
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Steady
Squad30 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Lisandro López 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.
Market30 Nov 2026
1 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Belgrano could get for him.
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Steady
Match23 Nov 2026
Belgrano up to position 320 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad23 Nov 2026
The medical room confirms 39 days on the sidelines for Lisandro López , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Juan Velázquez and Belgrano agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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Steady
Market16 Nov 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 Belgrano can pretend not to have heard.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Julián Mavilla : 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.” Belgrano have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad16 Nov 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ramiro Hernandes commits to Belgrano for another 4 years.
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Steady
Market9 Nov 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad9 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Franco Vázquez
“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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Belgrano , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Market2 Nov 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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“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.
Market2 Nov 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
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Steady
Match26 Oct 2026
Belgrano up to position 320 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad26 Oct 2026
“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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Alexis Maldonado has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Crisis
Squad19 Oct 2026
Federico Ricca : 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.” Belgrano have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“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.
Match17 Oct 2026
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
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Steady
Market12 Oct 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
28 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“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.
Match10 Oct 2026
3-3, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Belgrano , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Squad5 Oct 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Emilio Zelaya
“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.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
93% of the income goes out in wages at Belgrano
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The captaincy has been taken off Emiliano Rigoni . Belgrano will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Lucas Passerini 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.
Match3 Oct 2026
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. River Plate defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
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Upbeat
Match28 Sep 2026
Belgrano up to position 118 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Match26 Sep 2026
Atlético Tucumán made Belgrano work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Santiago Longo knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Belgrano , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Lucas Zelarayán unhappy with how he is being usedAsked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Lucas Zelarayán has let it be known that he does not like the way Belgrano are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
The terraces28 Sep 2026
The press cannot get enough of Lucas Passerini
Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.
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Upbeat
Squad21 Sep 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad21 Sep 2026
“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.
Match19 Sep 2026
Barracas Central made Belgrano work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
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Steady
Match12 Sep 2026
Estudiantes ended it 1-1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Thiago Cardozo
“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.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
Nobody left the Belgrano dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Market14 Sep 2026
“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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad14 Sep 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Belgrano have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Upbeat
Match2 Sep 2026
Cup progress for Belgrano
A 1-0 win over Independiente Rivadavia , a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Squad7 Sep 2026
35 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Emiliano Rigoni commits to Belgrano for another 2 years.
Match5 Sep 2026
1-2 to Sarmiento , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Emilio Zelaya
“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.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
113% of the income goes out in wages at Belgrano
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Market7 Sep 2026
“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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The captaincy has been taken off Lucas Passerini . Belgrano will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
The terraces7 Sep 2026
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
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Triumph
Match26 Aug 2026
Belgrano through in the cupA 1-0 win over San Telmo , and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad31 Aug 2026
18 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match29 Aug 2026
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Belgrano did not have in the autumn.
Match29 Aug 2026
Three points for Belgrano , 2-1 the final word against Banfield in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Franco Vázquez
“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.
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Upbeat
Match19 Aug 2026
Belgrano march on in the cupSan Miguel are out and Belgrano go through, 2-1 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“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 Aug 2026
39 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Agustín Méndez commits to Belgrano for another 5 years.
Match22 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Gimnasia La Plata will be the happier side with the point.
Squad24 Aug 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
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Upbeat
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Santiago Longo
“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.
Match15 Aug 2026
It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Juan Cruz Herrera and Belgrano agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad17 Aug 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Belgrano have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad17 Aug 2026
At 20 years old, Santino Gatti became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
Market17 Aug 2026
Belgrano have made Franco Chacarelli available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Triumph
Squad10 Aug 2026
There were 13 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nicolás Fernández has left for Sevilla in a $5.0M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad10 Aug 2026
66 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Lucas Passerini commits to Belgrano for another 3 years.
Match8 Aug 2026
Three points for Belgrano , 3-1 the final word against Rosario Central in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“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.
Market10 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market10 Aug 2026
36 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Market10 Aug 2026
5 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Belgrano money.
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Triumph
Squad3 Aug 2026
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.
Market3 Aug 2026
The name of Nicolás Fernández has come up in conversations Belgrano were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Franco Vázquez commits to Belgrano for another 2 years.
Match1 Aug 2026
Aldosivi made Belgrano work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“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.
Market3 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.