Javier Martínez

Striker - Almirante Brown
23 Aug 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Javier Martínez

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The Almirante Brown Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The small margins put Almirante Brown out

Out, 1‑2 to Temperley, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Market

Almirante Brown say no — this time

The offer from Yunnan Yukun for Javier Martínez 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.

Player ratings

Tomás Villoldo was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 29. 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Almirante Brown

Leonardo Jara 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.

Match

Almirante Brown are shipping goals every week

Two or more conceded in each of the last 4 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.

Match

Central Norte take the points off Almirante Brown

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

A row about effort at Almirante Brown

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

The dugout

No hiding place for Fernando Rodríguez

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Fernando Rodríguez, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

The game went through Tobías Zárate — 6.48

Marked 6.48 on 9 actions at both ends of the pitch. Midfielders like this get described as unspectacular by people who have never tried to play against one.

In brief

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2 Edition

The Almirante Brown Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Yunnan Yukun watching Javier Martínez

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Almirante Brown have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Market

Almirante Brown say no — this time

The offer from Ibiza for Bruno Miño 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.

Squad

A falling-out at Almirante Brown

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

Market

Santiago Gauna wants European nights

The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.

Market

Business is business: Alexis Martínez goes

Espanyol paid $340.0K and Almirante Brown took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

Squad

Words at Almirante Brown training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Leonardo Jara 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.

Match

Franco Almanza’s goal not enough for Almirante Brown

Franco Almanza scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Agropecuario Argentino, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

The dugout

Agustín Dattola 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.

Squad

A muscle injury sidelines Leandro De Bórtoli for 17 days

Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Almirante Brown will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.

In brief