The San Martín Sentinel
Squad14 Sep 2026
The knee: Agustín Ortiz out for 21 days
21 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. San Martín lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market14 Sep 2026
Nahuel Gallardo puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at San Martín, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match12 Sep 2026
San Martín cannot stop winning
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A falling-out at San Martín
Marcos López and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Nicolás Castro 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
Mingo steps up from the San Martín academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mingo 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.
Match12 Sep 2026
San Martín see off Quilmes
Three points for San Martín, 1‑0 the final word against Quilmes in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Facundo Pons in the eights
A performance of 8.04 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Kevin López runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- The dugout Santiago Briñone gets it from the manager
- Squad 17 new faces, and San Martín are still learning each other
- The dugout The view from the dugout