31 Aug 2026
Monday
Process
4 Edition

The Estudiantes Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Alejandro Cabrera breaks a bone — 125 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 125 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Agustín Lastra

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.

Match

No end in sight to Estudiantes's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Estudiantes has to find a result from somewhere.

Boardroom

Mateo Falcione has agreed to leave Estudiantes for nothing

He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.

Market

Veracruz come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Estudiantes did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Mateo Falcione is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Estudiantes is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Tempers go at Estudiantes

Alejandro Cabrera 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.

Squad

A row about effort at Estudiantes

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Siro Rosané was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Market

Uriel Iehara attracts admirers

The name of Uriel Iehara has come up in conversations Estudiantes were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

In brief

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3 Edition

The Estudiantes Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A fracture rules Alejandro Cabrera out for 132 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Estudiantes will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Match

Estudiantes bow out of the cup

San Martín go through and Estudiantes go home, 0‑1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Squad

Alejandro Cabrera 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 Estudiantes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Estudiantes come up short against Barracas Central

Barracas Central left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout

Sergio Ojeda 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.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 1‑2 defeat, delivered by Juan Otero to a room that had heard them before.

Squad

Vito Rosané 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.

Player ratings

Gabriel Alanís beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 13. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout

Estudiantes pick somebody else ahead of Juan Antonini

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.

In brief

2 Edition

The Estudiantes Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Words exchanged at Estudiantes

Alejandro Cabrera 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.

Squad

Words at Estudiantes training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Agustín Lastra 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 dugout

Gabriel Alanís 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.

Market

Franco Núñez steps up from the Estudiantes academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Franco Núñez has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

Estudiantes promote Benjamín Martínez from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benjamín Martínez has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

Gael Cohen steps up from the Estudiantes academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gael Cohen has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

Estudiantes promote Liam Ríos from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Liam Ríos has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Squad

Valentín Fenoglio stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Valentín Fenoglio and Estudiantes agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match

Late, late show earns Estudiantes a point

Minute 92, against Argentinos Juniors, and a goal that felt like a win to everybody who had stayed. It was a draw. Nobody leaving the ground will describe it as one.

In brief

1 Edition

The Estudiantes Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Cruel end for Sarmiento as Estudiantes pounce

There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Estudiantes scored in the 90th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.

Squad

Gonzalo Maffini: 11 seasons and counting

178 appearances across 11 seasons in one shirt. Careers like that are not built on purpose any more, and Estudiantes know exactly what they have.

Squad

Gabriel Alanís signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Gabriel Alanís and Estudiantes agree another 2 years.

Squad

A falling-out at Estudiantes

Alejandro Cabrera and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match

Ramiro Bornia the difference as Estudiantes beat Sarmiento

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Ramiro Bornia. 2‑1 against Sarmiento, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Ramiro Bornia

At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Agustín Lastra

“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.

Market

The clock runs on Alejandro Cabrera's contract

24 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

Squad

Words at Estudiantes training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tomás González 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.

In brief