The Patronato Chronicle
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Valentín Villarreal
Successful dribbles: 44. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad31 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.
Match29 Aug 2026
Whatever happens, Patronato do not lose
6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Facundo Heredia falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market31 Aug 2026
Huesca join the queue for Inti Borghetto
Add another name to the list: Huesca have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Inti Borghetto. The answer from Patronato has not changed — yet.
Squad31 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Franco Meritello
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Franco Meritello, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Player ratings Maximiliano Rueda stands above it all
- Match Patronato share the spoils with Madryn
- Squad Facundo Heredia asks for a word with the manager
- Player ratings Bartolomé Velásquez changes it off the bench