Joaquín Barolín

Striker - Patronato
23 Aug 2026
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Marked for Joaquín Barolín

3 Edition

The Patronato Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match12 Aug 2026

Patronato out of the cup

Gimnasia y Tiro ended it 2‑3. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Alan Sosa stands alone

7 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.

Match15 Aug 2026

4 matches without a win for Patronato

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Patronato are no longer polite ones.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Patronato

Gabriel Díaz 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.

Market17 Aug 2026

Hércules join the queue for Joaquín Barolín

Add another name to the list: Hércules have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Joaquín Barolín. The answer from Patronato has not changed — yet.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Gabriel Díaz

“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.

Match15 Aug 2026

All Boys take the points off Patronato

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Patronato

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

The dugout17 Aug 2026

The manager has not finished forgetting Juan Pablo Barinaga's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

In brief

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The Patronato Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market3 Aug 2026

Juan Pablo Barinaga 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 The request is on a desk at Patronato, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market3 Aug 2026

Patronato say no — this time

The offer from Real Murcia for Joaquín Barolín 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.

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.

Match1 Aug 2026

Renzo Reynaga’s goal not enough for Patronato

Renzo Reynaga scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to San Miguel, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

The dugout3 Aug 2026

Alan Sosa 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.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

Both jobs done by Enzo Galli — 6.63

A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 9 actions, 6.63, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.

In brief