The San Miguel Gazette
Squad7 Feb 2028
A one-man rearguard from Juan Manuel Lungarzo
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Player ratings7 Feb 2028
David Muller, 33, rolls back the years — 8.08
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.08 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Market7 Feb 2028
Only the photograph left for Matías Benítez
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Matías Benítez will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around San Miguel the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Matías Benítez signs for Newell's Old Boys while still at San Miguel
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Matías Benítez has agreed terms with Newell's Old Boys for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Tempers go at San Miguel
Jonathan Bay 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.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Graduation day at San Miguel
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Jorge Ferrero 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
San Miguel promote Bautista Castillo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bautista Castillo 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
San Miguel promote Daniel Acosta from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Acosta 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Benjamín Muñoz joins the San Miguel first team
- Match David Muller the difference as San Miguel beat Atlanta
- Boardroom San Miguel board go back on their word