The Sarmiento Herald
Market3 Aug 2026
Sarmiento turn down Sparta Prague for Manuel Mónaco
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Both of them Pablo Magnín's — 6.72
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 6.72, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Up for the corner, and Elián Giménez delivers — 7.92
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Elián Giménez scored, was marked 7.92, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Squad3 Aug 2026
8 seasons of Javier Burrai
263 appearances across 8 seasons in these colours. Careers like that are not built any more, and Sarmiento know what they have.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Juan Manuel Insaurralde signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Juan Manuel Insaurralde commits to Sarmiento for another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Javier Burrai in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sarmiento this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Sarmiento training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Juan Manuel Insaurralde 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.
Match1 Aug 2026
Pablo Magnín the difference as Sarmiento beat Estudiantes
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Pablo Magnín. 3‑1 against Estudiantes, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
Sarmiento supporters have found a favourite in Elián Giménez
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Elián Giménez has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
- Market Nobody at Sarmiento has picked up the phone to Javier Burrai
- Player ratings Manuel García could not find anything
- Player ratings Julián Contrera runs at them all day