The Sarmiento Herald
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Julián Mavilla says Sarmiento went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Nobody could get near Santiago Salle
Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Sarmiento
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Sarmiento training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mauricio Martínez 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Sarmiento
Yair Arismendi 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Ezequiel Herrera steps up from the Sarmiento academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ezequiel Herrera 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Mario Otero joins the Sarmiento first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mario Otero is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
Sarmiento promote Daniel Ojeda from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Ojeda 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Franco Medina joins the Sarmiento first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Franco Medina is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match Banfield take the points off Sarmiento
- The dugout No hiding place for Yair Arismendi
- The dugout The manager’s verdict