The San Miguel Gazette
Market7 Sep 2026
Facundo Cardozo puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at San Miguel, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Leandro Desábato slips down the pecking order
The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Leandro Desábato is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A place in the month's best eleven for Máximo Oses
Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Máximo Oses has come out of that comparison in the side, and San Miguel have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
David Muller 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
San Miguel have started building around Peter Grance Martínez
He used to be one of the options. He is now one of the men the options are picked around, and the change happened quietly enough that only the dressing room noticed on the day.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Dixon Rentería 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 Miguel, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
When it matters, Thomas Carosio plays
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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Is this Leandro Desábato’s last season?
“I will know when it is time. I am not there yet.” Leandro Desábato is 36, with 244 appearances behind him, and San Miguel will have to plan for whichever answer comes.
Market7 Sep 2026
Talks stall between San Miguel and Tomás Jerez
“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.
In brief
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: the trip to Gimnasia y Tiro
- The dugout The manager comes out for Leandro Desábato