The Deportivo Merlo Herald
Squad19 Oct 2026
Diego Aguirre damages knee ligaments — 132 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 132 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market19 Oct 2026
Diego Cabrera is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Deportivo Merlo is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Agustín Heredia pops up at the right end — 7.33
7.33, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Deportivo Merlo
Agustín Heredia 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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Cristian Cuenca 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.
Match17 Oct 2026
Sacachispas take the points off Deportivo Merlo
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Bruno Bazán is not the player he was
It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph a local paper has to write. 38 years old, 3 points down on where he was, and a body that has started charging interest on a career.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
No hiding place for Robertino Giacomini
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Robertino Giacomini, and the manager let it.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Benicio Costa: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
In brief
- The dugout Tomás Figueroa is still being punished for one mistake
- Looking ahead A reunion for Florencio Alric
- The dugout No place in the plan for Franco Benítez