The Sarmiento Herald
The dugout5 Feb 2035
Franco Ramallo says Sarmiento 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.
Squad5 Feb 2035
Tempers go at Sarmiento
Fausto San Pedro 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.
Boardroom5 Feb 2035
14 academy graduates step up at Sarmiento
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.
Player ratings5 Feb 2035
Facundo Alaggia did the work nobody counts — 6.71
13 combined actions and 6.71. The job he did is the one that shows up as other people looking good, and the only reliable way to notice it is to watch what happens on the afternoons he is missing.
Squad5 Feb 2035
Words at Sarmiento training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Facundo Alaggia is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market5 Feb 2035
Sarmiento promote Luis Blanco from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luis Blanco 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.
Market5 Feb 2035
Sarmiento promote Jorge De Luca from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jorge De Luca 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.
Market5 Feb 2035
One of our own: Santi joins the Sarmiento first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Santi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market5 Feb 2035
Sarmiento promote Benicio Figueroa from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benicio Figueroa 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.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Fausto San Pedro
- Squad Kauan Kelvin reaches 50 goals
- Boardroom Sarmiento let a promise lapse