The San Miguel Gazette
Boardroom4 Jun 2035
The silence upstairs is getting loud at San Miguel
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market4 Jun 2035
Benjamín Cabrera asks to leave San Miguel
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad4 Jun 2035
Tempers go at San Miguel
Matías Benítez 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.
Squad4 Jun 2035
A row about effort at San Miguel
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Esteban Zurita was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets4 Jun 2035
Door shut on Tomás Arce
San Miguel asked and San Lorenzo said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Player ratings4 Jun 2035
Lucas Ricciotti was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 18. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Transfer targets4 Jun 2035
San Miguel try to borrow Gustavo Giménez
Argentinos Juniors have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Transfer targets4 Jun 2035
San Miguel try to borrow Joaquín Cohen
Central Córdoba SdE have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Transfer targets4 Jun 2035
San Miguel ask about Miguel Suárez
A loan enquiry to San Lorenzo: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- Match San Miguel and Liniers take a point apiece
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Andrés Ríos