The Atlético Tucumán Chronicle
Market3 Aug 2026
Atlético Tucumán say no — this time
The offer from Ibiza for Carlos Abeldaño was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Leandro Díaz signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Leandro Díaz commits to Atlético Tucumán for another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Atlético Tucumán
Leandro Díaz 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Atlético Tucumán training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kevin Ortiz 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 dugout3 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Luis Ingolotti
“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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Atlético Tucumán and Ramiro Ruiz Rodríguez are talking past each other
“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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Nicolás Laméndola was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 16. 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Nobody at Atlético Tucumán has picked up the phone to Martín Benítez
24 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Squad3 Aug 2026
23 new faces, and Atlético Tucumán are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
In brief
- Match Manuel Brondo rescues a point for Atlético Tucumán
- The dugout Ramiro Ruiz Rodríguez knocks on the manager's door
- The dugout The manager’s verdict