The Almagro Chronicle
Match19 Aug 2026
Almagro out of the cup
Vélez ended it 0‑1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Joel Orlando at 20 — 7.65
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Joel Orlando did not need any: 7.65, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Enzo Martínez
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market24 Aug 2026
Almagro say no — this time
The offer from Córdoba for Facundo Faija was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Almagro
Enzo Martínez 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Almagro training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gonzalo Asis is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match22 Aug 2026
Joel Orlando sends Almagro past All Boys
It finished 1‑0, and it was Joel Orlando’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Almagro.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Franco Bustamante 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Nicolás Tolosa knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Almagro, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Market The Emiliano González question follows Almagro around
- Player ratings Matías Cortave spends the afternoon fouling