The Arsenal Chronicle
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A brace, and Lautaro Guzmán takes the afternoon — 8.58
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Lautaro Guzmán provided it, and the 8.58 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Arsenal
Lautaro Guzmán and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match8 Aug 2026
Lautaro Guzmán’s goal not enough for Arsenal
Lautaro Guzmán scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑3 to Maipú, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Matías Sosa gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Mario Blanco joins the Arsenal first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mario Blanco 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
Facundo Rodríguez steps up from the Arsenal academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Facundo Rodríguez 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
Arsenal promote Emiliano Moreno from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Emiliano Moreno 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Andrés Gómez joins the Arsenal first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andrés Gómez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Brahian Alemán 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.
In brief
- Squad Lucas Mihovilcevich signs on for more
- Squad 15 new faces, and Arsenal are still learning each other
- The dugout Noah Vázquez: “No excuses”