The Sarmiento Herald
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Nobody could get near Yair Arismendi
Successful dribbles: 42. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market23 Aug 2027
Elián Giménez has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Sarmiento they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A row about effort at Sarmiento
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mauricio Martínez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match21 Aug 2027
Rosario Central take the points off Sarmiento
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Sarmiento
Juan Manuel Cabrera 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Sarmiento lose Ezequiel Herrera
42 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Nicolás Vázquez faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Nicolás Vázquez after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Mauricio Martínez left out for tactical reasons at Sarmiento
The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Julián Mavilla asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Market The Iván Arboleda question follows Sarmiento around
- Looking ahead A reunion for Adrián Balboa
- The dugout Joaquín Toranzo gets picked when it counts