The San Miguel Gazette
Match8 Aug 2026
A 2-goal lead gone for San Miguel
It is a specific kind of quiet, a ground watching a winning position dissolve. Almagro kept coming because nothing stopped them, and San Miguel will be asked about the last half hour all week.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Daniel Sappa keeps San Miguel in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Vintage Bruno Nasta — 8.48
At 33 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.48, and nobody on the pitch better.
Market10 Aug 2026
San Miguel promote Caco from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Caco 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
Fernando Campos steps up from the San Miguel academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Fernando Campos 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
San Miguel promote Luis Alberto Figueroa from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luis Alberto Figueroa 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
San Miguel promote Agustín Lucero from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Agustín Lucero 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Matías Benítez 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 San Miguel this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Máximo Oses runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Match San Miguel and Almagro take a point apiece
- The dugout No hiding place for Peter Grance Martínez
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Diego Aguirre on the draw