The Villa San Carlos Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
6 saves: Tomás Akimenco 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
Tempers go at Villa San Carlos
Luciano Machín 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
One of our own: Franco Rojas joins the Villa San Carlos first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Franco Rojas 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
Carlos Alberto Fernández steps up from the Villa San Carlos academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Carlos Alberto Fernández 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
One of our own: Leonardo Arias joins the Villa San Carlos first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Leonardo Arias 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
Villa San Carlos promote Pedro Blanco from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Pedro Blanco 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 Villa San Carlos against Brown de Adrogué
0‑1 to Brown de Adrogué, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Sergio Gómez faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Sergio Gómez after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Zago Zegarra
“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
- Squad Fernando Escobar needs a bigger stage
- Squad Tiago Piris falls out with a teammate over standards
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Kevin Pavía