The San Miguel Gazette
Match8 Aug 2026
San Miguel win it in stoppage time
The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 92th minute. Ferro Carril Oeste will replay every second of the added time for a week.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Age has not caught Bruno Nasta yet — 8.20
At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.20 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at San Miguel
Máximo Oses and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match8 Aug 2026
San Miguel get the job done against Ferro Carril Oeste
A 2‑1 win over Ferro Carril Oeste, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market10 Aug 2026
Gael Russo steps up from the San Miguel academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gael 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ezequiel Moreno steps up from the San Miguel academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ezequiel Moreno 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
One of our own: Mario Benítez joins the San Miguel first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mario Benítez 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
San Miguel promote Lucas Iglesias from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Lucas Iglesias 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Matías Bianchi kept it short after the 2‑1 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.
In brief
- The dugout Tomás Díaz Grassano dropped after a run of poor form
- Player ratings Lucas Brochero runs at them all day
- Looking ahead A reunion for Iván Ramírez