The Atlanta Post
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Age has not caught Christian Bernardi yet — 7.94
At 36 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.94 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Atlanta
Alejo Dramisino 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Atlanta find a way past Colegiales
Colegiales made Atlanta work for it, but the scoreboard read 4‑3 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Match8 Aug 2026
Nobody could stop scoring
7 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Atlanta and Colegiales in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Market10 Aug 2026
Atlanta promote Benjamín Quiroga from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benjamín Quiroga 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
Atlanta promote Diego Rey from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Diego Rey 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: Felipe Giménez joins the Atlanta first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Felipe Giménez 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
Emiliano Cabrera steps up from the Atlanta academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Emiliano Cabrera 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Agustín Morales runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Atlanta
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Atlanta
- Squad A mistake Juan Francisco Rago will not forget