The Boca Juniors Courier
Match19 Aug 2026
Cup progress for Boca Juniors
A 2‑1 win over San Telmo, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Tomás Aranda, 19, plays like he has been here for years — 8.07
A mark of 8.07 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 19-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Market24 Aug 2026
Boca Juniors turn down Potenza for Tomás Aranda
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Match22 Aug 2026
Boca Juniors cannot stop winning
4 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Ander Herrera 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 Boca Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces24 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Tomás Aranda
At 19 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match22 Aug 2026
Boca Juniors get the job done against Talleres
A 2‑0 win over Talleres, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Boca Juniors
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Rodrigo Battaglia was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Carlos Palacios in the eights
A performance of 8.34 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
In brief
- Player ratings A masterclass from Miguel Merentiel
- The dugout Malcom Braida gets it from the manager
- The dugout The manager’s verdict