The San Lorenzo Chronicle
Squad8 Feb 2027
Gastón Hernández 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 Lorenzo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market8 Feb 2027
As if he never left: Benicio Gómez returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Benicio Gómez is a San Lorenzo player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market8 Feb 2027
Julián Pereyra comes home
The shirt still fits. Julián Pereyra is back at San Lorenzo, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market8 Feb 2027
As if he never left: Maximiliano Acosta returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Maximiliano Acosta is a San Lorenzo player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market8 Feb 2027
Roberto Varela comes home
The shirt still fits. Roberto Varela is back at San Lorenzo, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad8 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Ezequiel Cerutti
“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 ratings8 Feb 2027
Jhohan Romaña in the eights
A performance of 8.84 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Matías Reali runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Loan watch8 Feb 2027
Santiago Torres has seen enough of Santa Cruz
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at San Lorenzo, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
In brief
- Match Jhohan Romaña rescues a point for San Lorenzo
- Squad Orlando Gill asks for a word with the manager
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Gastón Hernández