The Argentino de Merlo Gazette
Match8 Aug 2026
Argentino de Merlo run riot against Excursionistas
3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A brace, and Iván Sandoval takes the afternoon — 8.20
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Iván Sandoval provided it, and the 8.20 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Argentino de Merlo
Nahuel Sica 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Argentino de Merlo promote Tecla from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tecla 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
Argentino de Merlo promote Ezequiel Varela from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ezequiel Varela 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
Pichi steps up from the Argentino de Merlo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Pichi 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
Tuerto steps up from the Argentino de Merlo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tuerto 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Argentino de Merlo
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Marco Lambert was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Alan Salvador at his very best
Marked 8.03. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Argentino de Merlo.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Gastón Scisci
- Squad Argentino de Merlo are still strangers to each other
- The dugout Argentino de Merlo pick somebody else ahead of Tomás Jerez