The Güemes Post
Squad2 Aug 2027
A fracture rules Marcelo Benítez out for 138 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Güemes will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match31 Jul 2027
San Martín punish Güemes for switching off
2 goals to the good, and then a slow surrender of everything that had been earned. Gianluca Pugliese will not be the one blamed for it, but nobody at Güemes escapes the conversation that follows a collapse like this.
Market2 Aug 2027
Exequiel Banegas asks to leave Güemes
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings2 Aug 2027
Gianluca Pugliese runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Güemes
Santiago Sala 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.
Market2 Aug 2027
Güemes promote Bocha from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bocha 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.
Market2 Aug 2027
Fernando Costa steps up from the Güemes academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Fernando Costa 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.
Market2 Aug 2027
Roberto Martínez steps up from the Güemes academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Roberto Martínez 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.
Match31 Jul 2027
Nobody wins at Güemes
8 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
In brief
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Santiago Sala
- Squad A row about effort at Güemes
- Match Gianluca Pugliese rescues a point for Güemes