The Deportivo Merlo Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Nahuel Casasola
35 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Deportivo Merlo lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A day Diego Aguirre will not forget
3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Guillermo Ojeda, 35, rolls back the years — 7.80
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.80 at 35, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A defender's goal wins it for Deportivo Merlo — 7.79
1 for Franco Benítez, marked 7.79, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Match8 Aug 2026
Deportivo Merlo find a way past Liniers
Liniers made Deportivo Merlo work for it, but the scoreboard read 6‑4 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Pablo Calderón signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Pablo Calderón commits to Deportivo Merlo for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Deportivo Merlo
Patricio Núñez 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
10 goals as Deportivo Merlo and Liniers go for it
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 10 goals between Deportivo Merlo and Liniers, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sebastián Moretti steps up from the Deportivo Merlo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sebastián Moretti 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.
In brief
- Market Juan Martín Ramos steps up from the Deportivo Merlo academy
- Market Deportivo Merlo promote Noah Arce from within
- Market Deportivo Merlo promote Valentino Pereyra from within