The Talleres Chronicle
Match17 Oct 2026
11 matches without a win for Talleres
The run now stands at 11, and the questions being asked around Talleres are no longer polite ones.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Leonel Niklinski keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Talleres may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Talleres
Federico Versaci and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Gabriel Salguero is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Abel Masuero is slowing down
At 38, 3 points below where he was, and a body that has started charging interest. It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph on this page.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Maximiliano Rodríguez 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.
Match17 Oct 2026
Chacarita Juniors take the points off Talleres
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Nicolás Malvacio 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.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Franco Torres: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
In brief
- Player ratings Federico Versaci was unplayable
- Market The Matías Samaniego question follows Talleres around
- The dugout Lautaro Bursich does not fit this one