The Atlanta Post
Match8 Aug 2026
Atlanta tear Colegiales apart
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 4‑1 against Colegiales, and it could have been more.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Ignacio Rodríguez scores twice — 8.52
Two goals and a mark of 8.52 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Christian Bernardi, 36, rolls back the years — 8.24
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.24 at 36, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Atlanta
Alejo Dramisino 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.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Nicolás Mosca
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market10 Aug 2026
Atlanta promote Miguel Ángel Vázquez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Miguel Ángel Vázquez 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
One of our own: Cristian Pereyra joins the Atlanta first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Cristian Pereyra 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
Sebastián Villalba steps up from the Atlanta academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sebastián Villalba 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
José Luis García steps up from the Atlanta academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. José Luis García 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
- Squad A row about effort at Atlanta
- The dugout Benjamín Álvarez: “That is the standard”
- Player ratings Lautaro Fedele runs at them all day