Marked for José Devecchi
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market12 Oct 2026
José Devecchi has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around San Lorenzo they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad12 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at San Lorenzo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Nahuel Romero is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ezequiel Herrera and San Lorenzo agree another 4 years.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Words at San Lorenzo training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ezequiel Herrera 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 dugout12 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Daniel Herrera, and the manager let it.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Alexis Cuello 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 San Lorenzo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Market12 Oct 2026
Alejo Córdoba is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at San Lorenzo has been clear about where Alejo Córdoba stands, which is more than many ever get.
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Steady
Match19 Sep 2026
0‑3 against Boca Juniors, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Market21 Sep 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at San Lorenzo is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Alexis Cuello 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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
100 games in these colours. Service of that kind gets rarer every season, and the crowd knows it.
Boardroom21 Sep 2026
Nobody left the San Lorenzo 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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Branco Salinardi 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.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Raúl Martínez after 0‑3, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to José Devecchi, and the manager let it.
The dugout21 Sep 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 San Lorenzo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Upbeat
Market14 Sep 2026
José Devecchi has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around San Lorenzo they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad14 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at San Lorenzo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at San Lorenzo training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nicolás Tripichio 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 Sep 2026
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Alexis Cuello. 1‑0 against Unión de Santa Fe, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Martín Río
“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 Sep 2026
13 new faces, and San Lorenzo 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.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
A mark of 7.68, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 16 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 1‑0, Raúl Martínez could afford to be generous.
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Uneasy
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Branco Salinardi at 19 — 7.73
The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Branco Salinardi did not need any: 7.73, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market17 Aug 2026
Only the photograph left for José Devecchi
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. José Devecchi will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around San Lorenzo the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
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.
Market17 Aug 2026
The offer from Maccabi Petach Tikva for Fabricio Díaz 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at San Lorenzo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Chances created: 17. Somebody has to open a door before anybody can walk through it, and he spent the afternoon opening doors.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Nicolás Tripichio 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
A conversation is coming this week. San Lorenzo will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ezequiel Herrera, and the manager let it.
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Crisis
Squad10 Aug 2026
8 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Market10 Aug 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around San Lorenzo they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Nicolás Tripichio and San Lorenzo agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alexis Cuello 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
One scored and one made, which is a different afternoon from scoring twice and an easier one to overlook. Marked 7.65, and involved in 2 of his side's goals.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Involvement in 2 goals, from a player who spent the ninety minutes doing the thing a manager actually wants: being where the ball was going to end up. 7.89 beside his name.
Match8 Aug 2026
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between San Lorenzo and Lanús, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Match8 Aug 2026
2‑4 to Lanús, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.