The Progreso Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Progreso say no — this time
The offer from KR for Agustín Paz 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Luciano Balbi signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Luciano Balbi and Progreso agree another 1 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Emiliano Álvarez in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Progreso this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Federico Jimenez joins the Progreso first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Federico Jimenez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Progreso promote Joaquin Araujo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Joaquin Araujo has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jorge Barrios steps up from the Progreso academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jorge Barrios has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Match8 Aug 2026
Progreso come up short against Nacional
Nacional left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Progreso
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mauro Martín was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Maximiliano Diaz left the room before anybody could ask which.
In brief
- The dugout Luciano Balbi dropped after a run of poor form
- The dugout Renzo Bacchia does not fit this one
- Player ratings Agustín Paz beats them one at a time