The Vélez Gazette
Market21 Sep 2026
Emanuel Mammana hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Vélez can pretend not to have heard.
Market21 Sep 2026
Matías Pellegrini has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Vélez they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Real improvement from Ignacio Cellerino at Vélez
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Ignacio Cellerino is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Vélez
Tomás Marchiori 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.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
A promise honoured for Emanuel Mammana
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Vélez told Emanuel Mammana something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
Match20 Sep 2026
Vélez share the spoils with Boca Juniors
A 1‑1 draw with Boca Juniors leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
The form table has caught Claudio Baeza
Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Half-satisfied: Miguel Martínez on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 1‑1, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Román Sequeira 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.
In brief
- Squad Luca Feler, 18, is the weekend’s best young player
- Market Matías Pellegrini runs his contract down
- Looking ahead Ronaldo Martínez faces his old club