The Sarmiento Herald
Squad28 Apr 2031
Manuel Mónaco damages knee ligaments — 30 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 30 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match23 Apr 2031
Tomás Amado sends Sarmiento through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Tomás Amado obliged against Nueva Chicago. 1‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Sarmiento.
Player ratings28 Apr 2031
Matías Rosales beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 30. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
The dugout28 Apr 2031
Benjamín Morales keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Sarmiento may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad28 Apr 2031
Tempers go at Sarmiento
Nicolás Pasquini 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.
Match26 Apr 2031
Still nobody has beaten Sarmiento
The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
The terraces28 Apr 2031
One of their own: Tomás Amado
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Squad28 Apr 2031
A row about effort at Sarmiento
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Gastón Bouhier was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout28 Apr 2031
Agustín San Juan 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 Sarmiento count the cost of losing José Luis Ortiz
- Match Two points walk out of the ground
- Player ratings Francisco Scarpeccio stands above it all