The Liniers Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Liniers
Diego Auzqui 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Valentino Ferrari steps up from the Liniers academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Valentino Ferrari 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Liniers promote Cristian Rossi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Cristian Rossi 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
Liniers promote Benjamín Colombo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benjamín Colombo 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
Liniers promote Luis Quiroga from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luis Quiroga 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Liniers against Deportivo Merlo
0‑1 to Deportivo Merlo, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Liniers are still strangers to each other
14 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Martín Rey left the room before anybody could ask which.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Michael Sambataro
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Michael Sambataro, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Squad Lucas Sergi needs a bigger stage
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Nicolás Muscio
- The dugout No place in the plan for Leandro Lugarzo