The San Martín Sentinel
Squad8 Feb 2027
Diego Diellos damages knee ligaments — 84 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 84 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Rodrigo Ayala says San Martín went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Up for the corner, and Santiago Briñone delivers — 7.66
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Santiago Briñone scored, was marked 7.66, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Market8 Feb 2027
Only the photograph left for Juan Jaime
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Juan Jaime will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around San Martín the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Match6 Feb 2027
4 matches without a win for San Martín
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around San Martín are no longer polite ones.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Facundo Pons 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 San Martín this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
3 academy graduates step up at San Martín
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Match6 Feb 2027
San Martín come up short against Central Córdoba SdE
Central Córdoba SdE left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
No hiding place for Italo Espinoza
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Italo Espinoza, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Market San Martín promote Joaquín Varela from within
- Market Juan Martín Di María steps up from the San Martín academy
- Market Noah Torres steps up from the San Martín academy