The Patronato Chronicle
Match1 Aug 2026
No mercy from Patronato
San Miguel will want this one forgotten quickly: 4‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Patronato were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tomás Attis takes the match ball home
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Market3 Aug 2026
Maximiliano Rueda has his eye on Europe
It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Patronato can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Federico Bravo stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Federico Bravo and Patronato agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Patronato
Federico Bravo 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Patronato training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Facundo Heredia 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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Tomás Attis
Marked 9.20 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
Patronato supporters have found a favourite in Augusto Picco
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Augusto Picco 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Joaquín Barolín attracts admirers
The name of Joaquín Barolín has come up in conversations Patronato were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
In brief
- Market 24 months and counting on Federico Bravo
- The dugout Facundo Moretti has his say
- The dugout Gabriel Díaz knocks on the manager’s door