The Parque del Plata Gazette
Squad17 Aug 2026
Facundo Pareja keeps Parque del Plata in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 15 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match12 Aug 2026
The small margins put Parque del Plata out
Out, 0‑3 to Cerro, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
A cup embarrassment at Cerro follows Parque del Plata home
0-3. Going out of a cup is one afternoon; going out like that is a week of phone-ins, and the manager will hear every one of them.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A debut to forget for Ignacio Rodriguez — 5.72
Every first appearance is one of two stories, and this was the harder one: 5.72, and a long walk to the tunnel. The second appearance is the one that decides what the first one meant.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Agustín Mello signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Agustín Mello commits to Parque del Plata for another 3 years.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Facundo Pareja 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 Parque del Plata this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Parque del Plata training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Facundo Laviano 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Martín Ortíz already looking beyond Parque del Plata
He signed expecting a bigger stage than the one he found. It has not taken long, and it has not taken the dressing room long to notice either.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Nobody left the Parque del Plata dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
In brief
- Market Talks stall between Parque del Plata and Facundo Pareja
- The dugout Mathias Diaz faces the questions
- The dugout Cristian Silva left out for tactical reasons at Parque del Plata