Emilio Giaccone

Defensive Midfielder - Unión de Santa Fe
30 May 2028
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Emilio Giaccone

91 Edition

The Unión de Santa Fe Courier

24 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Unión de Santa Fe march on in the cup

Defensores Unidos are out and Unión de Santa Fe go through, 1‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Player ratings

Tomás González runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 28. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Emilio Giaccone

Defensive actions: 28. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Market

Tomás Romero 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 The request is on a desk at Unión de Santa Fe, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at Unión de Santa Fe

Mauro Pittón 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.

Match

Unión de Santa Fe come up short against Estudiantes

Estudiantes left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Mauro Pittón

“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.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Santiago Valenzuela

Marked 8.91 — 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.

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Santiago Grella in the eights

A performance of 8.81 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

In brief

Back issues
44 Edition

The Unión de Santa Fe Courier

31 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Emilio Giaccone

Defensive actions: 41. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Matías Mansilla is the hero from the spot

A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Matías Mansilla: 2 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.

Match

No end in sight to Unión de Santa Fe's wait for a win

8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Unión de Santa Fe has to find a result from somewhere.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Matías Schulz

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 27 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad

Tempers go at Unión de Santa Fe

Mauro Pittón 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Bruno Pittón

“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.

Player ratings

The kick that got away from Juan Pablo Ludueña

Twelve yards, a goalkeeper guessing, and it still did not go in. He will take the next one, and every soul in the ground will hold their breath.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Tomás Romero

Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Point won or two lost for Unión de Santa Fe?

Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Gimnasia La Plata? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.

In brief

17 Edition

The Unión de Santa Fe Courier

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Emilio Giaccone keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Unión de Santa Fe may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Tempers go at Unión de Santa Fe

Matías Mansilla 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.

Squad

No hiding place for Cristian Tarragona

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Cristian Tarragona, and the manager let it.

In brief