The Banfield Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tobías Astorga damages knee ligaments — 48 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 48 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Rodrigo Insúa would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Rodrigo Insúa is living that version at Banfield, and it tends to show in the first month.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Facundo Romeo signs for Fénix while still at Banfield
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Facundo Romeo has agreed terms with Fénix for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ignacio Abraham stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ignacio Abraham and Banfield agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market10 Aug 2026
Facundo Romeo has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Banfield they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Diego García falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
The game went through Tomás Adoryan — 7.07
Marked 7.07 on 12 actions at both ends of the pitch. Midfielders like this get described as unspectacular by people who have never tried to play against one.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
One of their own: Lisandro Piñero
He is 19 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Gustavo Russo steps up from the Banfield academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gustavo Russo 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.
In brief
- Market Diego Vega steps up from the Banfield academy
- Market One of our own: Chapa joins the Banfield first team
- Match Banfield find a way past Atlético Tucumán