The San Miguel Gazette
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Bruno Nasta, 33, rolls back the years — 7.93
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.93 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Market10 Aug 2026
San Miguel say no — this time
The offer from Persebaya for Matías Escobar 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
San Miguel promote Gustavo Méndez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gustavo Méndez 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 Juan Rodríguez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Juan Rodríguez 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: Franco Rey joins the San Miguel first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Franco Rey is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match8 Aug 2026
San Miguel get the job done against Ferro Carril Oeste
A 1‑0 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Daniel Juárez
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Diego Moretti has his say
“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Diego Moretti on a 1‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Peter Grance Martínez
- Squad A row about effort at San Miguel
- Looking ahead Iván Ramírez faces his old club