The Real Pilar Courier
Match8 Aug 2026
Real Pilar leave it late against Fénix
Ninety minutes of very little, and then everything at once. The winner arrived in the 86th, and Fénix spent what remained of the match appealing to the referee rather than chasing the ball.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Marcos Riquelme, 38, rolls back the years — 7.83
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.83 at 38, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Sebastián Blanco scored one and made one — 7.75
Two of the goals had his name somewhere on them, which is the afternoon a manager wants from anybody asked to both create and finish. 7.75, and 2 involvements.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A goal and an assist for Joaquín Vera — 7.94
Involvement in 2 goals, from a player who spent the ninety minutes doing the thing a manager actually wants: being where the ball was going to end up. 7.94 beside his name.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Real Pilar
Sebastián Blanco 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
Sebastián Blanco the difference as Real Pilar beat Fénix
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Sebastián Blanco. 3‑2 against Fénix, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Real Pilar training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marcos Riquelme 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.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
One of their own: Joaquín Vera
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Martín Perafán
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Market Liam Rey steps up from the Real Pilar academy
- Market One of our own: Mario Aguirre joins the Real Pilar first team
- Market Tuerto steps up from the Real Pilar academy