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Attacking Midfielder (L) - San Martín
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Marked for Rulo

317 Edition

The San Martín Sentinel

23 Aug 2032
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad23 Aug 2032

A one-man rearguard from Nahuel Manganelli

There were 7 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.

Squad23 Aug 2032

Getting past Nahuel Manganelli has become the hardest job in the division

14 clean sheets and counting. Forwards used to back themselves here; now they shoot early, shoot wide, and look for somebody to blame.

Squad23 Aug 2032

Words at San Martín training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lautaro Díaz 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.

Squad23 Aug 2032

The manager makes an example of Elías López

“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.

Player ratings23 Aug 2032

Lautaro Díaz in the eights

A performance of 8.40 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Boardroom23 Aug 2032

88% of the income goes out in wages at San Martín

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Match21 Aug 2032

Lautaro Díaz rescues a point for San Martín

It needed Lautaro Díaz to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Estudiantes, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

Market23 Aug 2032

The Nahuel Manganelli story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Nahuel Manganelli signs something — a contract at San Martín or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Player ratings23 Aug 2032

Enzo Álvarez could not find anything

5.72. Every footballer has these and most of them happen away from a full ground; his did not, and he will be aware of that all week.

In brief

  • Market The clock does Elías López’s negotiating for him
  • Player ratings A day to forget for Rulo
  • Player ratings Chavo could not find anything
Back issues
300 Edition

The San Martín Sentinel

26 Apr 2032
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match21 Apr 2032

San Martín out of the cup

San Martín SJ ended it 1‑3. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Match24 Apr 2032

The wait goes on for San Martín

8 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

The terraces26 Apr 2032

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 13 of the 30 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Squad26 Apr 2032

Lautaro Díaz in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at San Martín this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad26 Apr 2032

No hiding place for Nahuel Manganelli

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nahuel Manganelli, and the manager let it.

Match24 Apr 2032

A bad afternoon for San Martín against Estudiantes

0‑2 to Estudiantes, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad26 Apr 2032

Words at San Martín training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Fernando Castillo 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.

Squad26 Apr 2032

Lautaro Díaz has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at San Martín will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Player ratings26 Apr 2032

Enano could not find anything

4.47. Every footballer has these and most of them happen away from a full ground; his did not, and he will be aware of that all week.

In brief

268 Edition

The San Martín Sentinel

15 Sep 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market15 Sep 2031

Miguel Gómez asks to leave San Martín

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad15 Sep 2031

Another clean sheet for Nahuel Manganelli

18 shut-outs and counting. Goalkeepers are only noticed when they fail, and Nahuel Manganelli has given nobody the chance.

Market15 Sep 2031

Only the photograph left for Francisco Osorio

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Francisco Osorio will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around San Martín the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad15 Sep 2031

Words at San Martín training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lautaro Díaz 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.

Squad15 Sep 2031

The manager makes an example of Santi

“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.

Squad15 Sep 2031

Tempers go at San Martín

Benjamín Bruno 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.

Player ratings15 Sep 2031

Lautaro Díaz runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match13 Sep 2031

San Martín and Nueva Chicago cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Nueva Chicago came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Market15 Sep 2031

The Lautaro Díaz talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. San Martín know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief