The Quilmes Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Las Palmas come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Quilmes did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market10 Aug 2026
Santiago Adrover asks to leave Quilmes
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Quilmes
Aaron Spetale 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Quilmes
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Raúl Lozano was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Aaron Spetale beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 18. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market10 Aug 2026
48 months and counting on Aaron Spetale
Still no offer on the table, and Aaron Spetale’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Brandon Rocha
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Brandon Rocha, and the manager let it.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Ezequiel Suárez chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
José Barreto left out for tactical reasons at Quilmes
The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
In brief
- Match Point won or two lost for Quilmes?
- The dugout The form table has caught Emanuel Candal
- Looking ahead Ian Rasso faces his old club