The Arsenal Chronicle
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Both of them Luca Franco's — 8.41
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.41, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Squad10 Aug 2026
6 saves: Nahuel Pezzini was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Arsenal
Lautaro Guzmán 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
Luca Franco the difference as Arsenal beat Maipú
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Luca Franco. 2‑0 against Maipú, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Market10 Aug 2026
Lucas Ramos steps up from the Arsenal academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lucas Ramos 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
Arsenal promote Matías Núñez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Matías Núñez 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
One of our own: Iván Muñoz joins the Arsenal first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Iván Muñoz is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Arsenal promote Tomás Rojas from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tomás Rojas 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Brahian Alemán falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- Player ratings Valentín Serrano beats them one at a time
- The dugout Andrés Pérez has his say
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Matteo Trombini