The Sarmiento Herald
Match8 Aug 2026
Sarmiento run riot against Barracas Central
3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Nicolás Pasquini 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 Sarmiento this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Sarmiento training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Juan Manuel Insaurralde is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Pablo Miranda joins the Sarmiento first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pablo Miranda 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
Sarmiento promote Juan Pablo Cabrera from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Juan Pablo Cabrera 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
Sarmiento promote Bautista Cohen from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bautista Cohen 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
Cristian Acosta steps up from the Sarmiento academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Cristian Acosta 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Julián Mavilla runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Adrián Balboa in the eights
A performance of 8.20 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
In brief
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Manuel Mónaco at his very best
- Squad Matías Rosales stays put
- The dugout Nicolás Pasquini dropped after a run of poor form