4 Oct 2027
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Process
61 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

27 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Milton Leyendeker hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Chacarita Juniors can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Maximiliano Meléndez

Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

One of those days for Gonzalo Mottes

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.54, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

Juan Ignacio Barbieri in the eights

A performance of 8.36 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match

Honours even between Chacarita Juniors and Talleres

2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Squad

No place for Juan Cuevas on the big day

He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Chacarita Juniors pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.

Squad

Gonzalo Mottes is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.24 with 4 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Squad

Federico Losas knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Federico Losas trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

Back issues
60 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Kevin Agüero

Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Simón Ávalos hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Chacarita Juniors can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

No hiding place for Federico Losas

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Federico Losas, and the manager let it.

Squad

Sebastián Ramírez is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.22 with 5 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Match

Chacarita Juniors and Mitre take a point apiece

It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief

59 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Julián Domke keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Chacarita Juniors may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market

Johan Murillo asks to leave Chacarita Juniors

“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.

Squad

Álvaro Cuello out for 28 days

The medical room confirms 28 days on the sidelines for Álvaro Cuello, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Player ratings

Maximiliano Meléndez in the eights

A performance of 9.18 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Julián Velázquez

Defensive actions: 20. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Lisandro Montenegro

Defensive actions: 20. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Match

Chacarita Juniors get the job done against Almirante Brown

A 1‑0 win over Almirante Brown, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Mario Sanabria

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

58 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

6 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

So close: Federico Losas’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Tigres moved on, Federico Losas reports back to Chacarita Juniors, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

Market

Axel Guerra hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Chacarita Juniors can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Gastón Fernández keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Chacarita Juniors may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Lisandro Montenegro

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 25 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Misael Jaime

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

One of those days for Sebastián Ramírez

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.86, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match

Gonzalo Mottes sends Chacarita Juniors past Nueva Chicago

It finished 2‑0, and it was Gonzalo Mottes’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Chacarita Juniors.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Brian Calderara

Marked 8.22 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

In brief

57 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

30 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Milton Leyendeker hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Chacarita Juniors can pretend not to have heard.

Match

4 matches without a win for Chacarita Juniors

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Chacarita Juniors are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Brian Calderara

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings

Juan Ignacio Barbieri in the eights

A performance of 8.38 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Axel Guerra

Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Chacarita Juniors and Colón take a point apiece

It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Player ratings

Off the pace: Mario Sanabria

A mark of 5.00 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.

Squad

Axel Guerra knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Chacarita Juniors, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

56 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Simón Ávalos asks to leave Chacarita Juniors

“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.

Squad

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Mario Sanabria

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

A bad afternoon for Chacarita Juniors against Estudiantes

0‑1 to Estudiantes, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Gonzalo Dell Aquila gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings

Juan Ignacio Barbieri keeps on missing

Shots: 10, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

Squad

Lisandro Montenegro knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Lisandro Montenegro trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Squad

Adriano Nicastro makes his debut at 21

At 21 years old, Adriano Nicastro became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.

Player ratings

Franco Pulian never got going

5.58 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.

In brief

55 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

16 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Mario Sanabria

Successful dribbles: 35. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Julián Velázquez asks to leave Chacarita Juniors

“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.

Squad

Chacarita Juniors count the cost of losing Álvaro Cuello

56 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Chacarita Juniors against Chaco For Ever

0‑1 to Chaco For Ever, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Misael Jaime gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Boardroom

Chacarita Juniors counting the cost

The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Chacarita Juniors now.

Squad

Gonzalo Mottes is carrying Chacarita Juniors

2 goals and a season average of 7.21. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Player ratings

Juan Ignacio Barbieri leaves them behind him

Shots: 9. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.

In brief

54 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Axel Guerra hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Chacarita Juniors can pretend not to have heard.

Match

Whatever happens, Chacarita Juniors do not lose

9 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Maximiliano Meléndez

Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Juan Cuevas out for 18 days

The medical room confirms 18 days on the sidelines for Juan Cuevas, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Franco Pulian stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Franco Pulian and Chacarita Juniors agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Mario Sanabria

Marked 8.47 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Boardroom

Wages eat 119% of everything Chacarita Juniors earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Luciano Perdomo

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

53 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

2 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Lisandro Montenegro shuts the door

Defensive actions: 33, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Market

Juan Cuevas hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Chacarita Juniors can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings

Luciano Perdomo shuts the door

Defensive actions: 25, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Match

8 unbeaten for Chacarita Juniors

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Chacarita Juniors did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Player ratings

Maximiliano Meléndez runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Gonzalo Mottes

Marked 9.74 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

Franco Pulian signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Franco Pulian and Chacarita Juniors agree another 5 years.

Loan watch

Pablo Ortiz counts the days

“I watch every Chacarita Juniors game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at IFK Goteborg runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

In brief

52 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Gastón Fernández hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Chacarita Juniors can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Maximiliano Meléndez

Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Chacarita Juniors

The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Sebastián Ramírez

Marked 8.87 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Match

Chacarita Juniors and Central Norte take a point apiece

It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Squad

No hiding place for Sebastián Anchoverri

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Sebastián Anchoverri, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Juan Ignacio Barbieri keeps on missing

Shots: 11, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

Squad

Juan Cuevas knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Juan Cuevas trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

51 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Nothing got past Lisandro Montenegro

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 28 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Maximiliano Meléndez

Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Tomás Pérez Serra 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 Chacarita Juniors, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Chacarita Juniors

The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Brian Calderara

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Boardroom

Chacarita Juniors counting the cost

The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Chacarita Juniors now.

Player ratings

Juan Ignacio Barbieri keeps on missing

Shots: 10, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

Match

Point won or two lost for Chacarita Juniors?

Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Agropecuario Argentino? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.

In brief

50 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Axel Guerra hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Chacarita Juniors can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Chacarita Juniors sell Favio Cabral for $3.5M

Favio Cabral has left for Cortulua in a $3.5M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Maximiliano Meléndez

Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Chacarita Juniors get the job done against Morón

A 3‑2 win over Morón, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Mario Sanabria

Marked 9.05 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Boardroom

Wages eat 161% of everything Chacarita Juniors earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Player ratings

Sebastián Ramírez in the eights

A performance of 8.81 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

No hiding place for Federico Losas

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Federico Losas, and the manager let it.

In brief

49 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

5 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Juan Cuevas asks to leave Chacarita Juniors

“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.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Lisandro Montenegro

Defensive actions: 28. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Maximiliano Meléndez

Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Levante come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Chacarita Juniors did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Gonzalo Mottes

Defensive actions: 20. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

No hiding place for Milton Leyendeker

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Milton Leyendeker, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Luciano Perdomo shuts the door

Defensive actions: 14, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Match

Chacarita Juniors and Godoy Cruz cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Godoy Cruz came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

In brief

48 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

28 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Sebastián Anchoverri keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Chacarita Juniors may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market

Tomás Pizarro 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 Chacarita Juniors, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Mario Sanabria

Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

Luciano Perdomo shuts the door

Defensive actions: 23, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Lisandro Montenegro shuts the door

Defensive actions: 22, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Player ratings

Álvaro Cuello in the eights

A performance of 9.26 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match

Álvaro Cuello the difference as Chacarita Juniors beat Gimnasia y Esgrima

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Álvaro Cuello. 1‑0 against Gimnasia y Esgrima, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Loan watch

Pablo Ortiz wants to come home

“I did not go to IFK Goteborg to sit and watch. I want to come back to Chacarita Juniors and fight for my place.” 5 appearances in 16 matches say the rest.

In brief

47 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

21 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Nicolás Pantaleone 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 Chacarita Juniors, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match

4 matches without a win for Chacarita Juniors

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Chacarita Juniors are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Player ratings

Julián Velázquez shuts the door

Defensive actions: 21, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Gonzalo Mottes

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 21 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Player ratings

Juan Cuevas runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

No hiding place for Misael Jaime

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Misael Jaime, and the manager let it.

Boardroom

Chacarita Juniors counting the cost

The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Chacarita Juniors now.

Player ratings

The one thing Favio Cabral could not do

Shots: 15, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

In brief

46 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

The cup run ends for Chacarita Juniors

0‑1 against River Plate, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Squad

Federico Losas keeps Chacarita Juniors in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market

Axel Guerra hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Chacarita Juniors can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings

Axel Guerra runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Maximiliano Meléndez

Marked 9.03 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Boardroom

Wages eat 175% of everything Chacarita Juniors earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Squad

No hiding place for Mario Sanabria

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mario Sanabria, and the manager let it.

Match

Chacarita Juniors and Defensores Unidos take a point apiece

It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief

45 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

7 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Juan Cuevas asks to leave Chacarita Juniors

“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.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Julián Velázquez

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 30 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Player ratings

Maximiliano Meléndez runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

No hiding place for Favio Cabral

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Favio Cabral, and the manager let it.

Market

Eyes on Ezequiel Gerez again

The phone has started ringing about Ezequiel Gerez again, and this time the name on the line is Deportivo Maldonado. Chacarita Juniors are listening politely and promising nothing.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Gonzalo Mottes

Defensive actions: 19. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Match

Chacarita Juniors and Defensores cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Defensores came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Squad

Mario Sanabria knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Chacarita Juniors, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

44 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

31 May 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Gonzalo Dell Aquila

Marked 9.05 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

Maximiliano Meléndez in the eights

A performance of 8.57 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match

Chacarita Juniors find a way past Talleres

Talleres made Chacarita Juniors work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings

Juan Cuevas 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.

Loan watch

Pablo Ortiz wants to come home

“I did not go to IFK Goteborg to sit and watch. I want to come back to Chacarita Juniors and fight for my place.” 4 appearances in 12 matches say the rest.

Player ratings

Luciano Perdomo shuts the door

Defensive actions: 16, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad

Federico Losas asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

43 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

24 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Tomás Pizarro hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Chacarita Juniors can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Squad

No hiding place for Federico Losas

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Federico Losas, and the manager let it.

Squad

Julián Domke out for 14 days

The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Julián Domke, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Match

Mitre take the points off Chacarita Juniors

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Mario Sanabria

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

42 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

17 May 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Axel Guerra 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 Chacarita Juniors, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Francisco Facello keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Chacarita Juniors may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Player ratings

Mario Sanabria runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Lisandro Montenegro shuts the door

Defensive actions: 22, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Match

Whatever happens, Chacarita Juniors do not lose

6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Boardroom

Wages eat 189% of everything Chacarita Juniors earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Match

Sebastián Ramírez the difference as Chacarita Juniors beat Almirante Brown

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Sebastián Ramírez. 2‑0 against Almirante Brown, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings

One of those days for Sebastián Ramírez

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.59, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

In brief

41 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

10 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Juan Cuevas asks to leave Chacarita Juniors

“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.

Player ratings

Maximiliano Meléndez runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Player ratings

Gonzalo Mottes shuts the door

Defensive actions: 21, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Match

Chacarita Juniors find a way past Nueva Chicago

Nueva Chicago made Chacarita Juniors work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings

Lisandro Montenegro takes the honours

Marked 7.91 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Chacarita Juniors had the best player on the pitch.

In brief

40 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

3 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Julián Velázquez asks to leave Chacarita Juniors

“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.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Luciano Perdomo

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 28 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Maximiliano Meléndez

Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

One of those days for Gonzalo Mottes

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.03, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

No hiding place for Milton Leyendeker

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Milton Leyendeker, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Gonzalo Dell Aquila shuts the door

Defensive actions: 15, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad

Brian Calderara knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Chacarita Juniors, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Match

Chacarita Juniors draw a blank against Colón

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Colón defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

In brief

39 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

26 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Chacarita Juniors march on in the cup

Talleres are out and Chacarita Juniors go through, 1‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Lucas Bustos

Defensive actions: 30. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Ezequiel Gerez says Chacarita Juniors 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.

Market

Tomás Pérez Serra hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Chacarita Juniors can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Luciano Perdomo

Defensive actions: 26. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Player ratings

Maximiliano Meléndez runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Favio Cabral 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

One of those days for Valentín Chocobar

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.08, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

No hiding place for Brian Calderara

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Brian Calderara, and the manager let it.

In brief

38 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

19 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Axel Guerra hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Chacarita Juniors can pretend not to have heard.

Match

No end in sight to Chacarita Juniors's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Chacarita Juniors has to find a result from somewhere.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Lisandro Montenegro

Defensive actions: 24. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Favio Cabral 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Mario Sanabria runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Boardroom

215% of the income goes out in wages at Chacarita Juniors

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad

Juan Cuevas gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Loan watch

Pablo Ortiz has seen enough of IFK Goteborg

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Chacarita Juniors, and 2 appearances in 6 say he has earned the hearing.

Player ratings

Gonzalo Mottes stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.72 on the card, and the Chacarita Juniors support went home talking about one name.

In brief

37 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

12 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Juan Cuevas 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 Chacarita Juniors, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

No hiding place for Favio Cabral

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Favio Cabral, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Mario Sanabria

Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Chacarita Juniors come up short against Estudiantes

Estudiantes left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The terraces

The spotlight tightens on Juan Ignacio Barbieri

Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.

In brief

36 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

5 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Julián Domke keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Chacarita Juniors may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Favio Cabral 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Lisandro Montenegro

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 22 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad

No hiding place for Julián Velázquez

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Julián Velázquez, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Gonzalo Mottes

Defensive actions: 17. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Luciano Perdomo

Defensive actions: 15. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Álvaro Cuello loses the armband

The captaincy has been taken off Álvaro Cuello. Chacarita Juniors will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Mario Sanabria

Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

35 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

29 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Favio Cabral 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.

Player ratings

Gonzalo Mottes in the eights

A performance of 9.07 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Mario Sanabria

Marked 8.88 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Juan Ignacio Barbieri

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings

Maximiliano Meléndez 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.

Match

Mario Sanabria rescues a point for Chacarita Juniors

It needed Mario Sanabria to find the net to bring anything home at all: 2‑2 against Central Norte, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Chacarita Juniors

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Squad

Gonzalo Mottes is off the mark for Chacarita Juniors

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Player ratings

Favio Cabral leaves them behind him

Shots: 8. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.

In brief

34 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

22 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Nothing got past Julián Velázquez

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 27 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad

Nicolás Pantaleone keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Chacarita Juniors may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Mario Sanabria

Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Boardroom

Wages eat 232% of everything Chacarita Juniors earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Match

Chacarita Juniors see off Agropecuario Argentino

Three points for Chacarita Juniors, 1‑0 the final word against Agropecuario Argentino in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings

Lisandro Montenegro shuts the door

Defensive actions: 18, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Player ratings

The afternoon belonged to Gonzalo Mottes

A mark of 7.84, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Milton Leyendeker

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

33 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

15 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Axel Guerra asks to leave Chacarita Juniors

“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.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Mario Sanabria

Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Favio Cabral 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.

In brief

32 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Juan Cuevas 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 Chacarita Juniors, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Álvaro Cuello signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Álvaro Cuello commits to Chacarita Juniors for another 2 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Squad

No hiding place for Julián Velázquez

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Julián Velázquez, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

One of those days for Sebastián Ramírez

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.46, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Maximiliano Meléndez

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Mario Sanabria

Marked 8.17 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Loan watch

Pablo Ortiz wants to come home

“I did not go to IFK Goteborg to sit and watch. I want to come back to Chacarita Juniors and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 0 matches say the rest.

Match

Honours even between Chacarita Juniors and Godoy Cruz

2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

In brief

31 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Juan Caraballo says Chacarita Juniors 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 ratings

Mario Sanabria runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Chacarita Juniors come up short against Gimnasia y Esgrima

Gimnasia y Esgrima left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Market

Eyes on Pablo Ortiz again

The phone has started ringing about Pablo Ortiz again, and this time the name on the line is IFK Goteborg. Chacarita Juniors are listening politely and promising nothing.

In brief

30 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Mario Sanabria

Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Chacarita Juniors

The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Match

Chacarita Juniors see off San Martín SJ

Three points for Chacarita Juniors, 2‑1 the final word against San Martín SJ in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Boardroom

253% of the income goes out in wages at Chacarita Juniors

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad

Brian Calderara gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Favio Cabral

Marked 8.05 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

Favio Cabral is off the mark for Chacarita Juniors

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Squad

Mario Sanabria knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Mario Sanabria trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

29 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

No end in sight to Chacarita Juniors's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Chacarita Juniors has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Juan Cuevas

Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

6 unbeaten for Chacarita Juniors

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Chacarita Juniors did not have in the autumn.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Lisandro Montenegro

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 19 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Player ratings

Gonzalo Mottes takes the honours

Marked 7.93 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Chacarita Juniors had the best player on the pitch.

Squad

No hiding place for Gonzalo Dell Aquila

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gonzalo Dell Aquila, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Favio Cabral leaves them behind him

Shots: 9. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.

Match

Chacarita Juniors draw a blank against Defensores Unidos

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Defensores Unidos defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

In brief

28 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

8 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Axel Guerra asks to leave Chacarita Juniors

“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.

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Market

Juan Carlos Benítez is a Chacarita Juniors player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

As if he never left: Valentino Torres returns

Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Valentino Torres is a Chacarita Juniors player again, and the town has its story of the summer.

Market

As if he never left: Martín Ruiz returns

Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Martín Ruiz is a Chacarita Juniors player again, and the town has its story of the summer.

Player ratings

Luciano Perdomo shuts the door

Defensive actions: 18, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad

Juan Ignacio Barbieri gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings

Mario Sanabria runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

Gonzalo Mottes takes the honours

Marked 7.86 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Chacarita Juniors had the best player on the pitch.

In brief

27 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Julián Velázquez asks to leave Chacarita Juniors

“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.

Squad

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Juan Ignacio Barbieri out for 15 days

The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Juan Ignacio Barbieri, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

In brief

26 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Boardroom

266% of the income goes out in wages at Chacarita Juniors

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad

Chacarita Juniors count the cost of losing Ezequiel Gerez

18 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

In brief

25 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Favio Cabral gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Chacarita Juniors count the cost of losing Leo Ocampo

29 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

In brief

24 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Squad

Iván Cardozo signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Iván Cardozo commits to Chacarita Juniors for another 3 years.

Squad

Favio Cabral asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

23 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Julián Velázquez hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Chacarita Juniors can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Tomás Pizarro signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Tomás Pizarro and Chacarita Juniors agree another 2 years.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Axel Guerra

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

The academy watches Misael Jaime sit

22 years old, every age group at this club behind him, and a borrowed player of much the same standard in front of him every Saturday. The parents in the stand have noticed, and so has every kid below him.

Market

Chacarita Juniors and Yair Rouxel are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

In brief

22 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Market

Tomás Migliore moves on

Gimnasia La Plata pay $310.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Boardroom

Wages eat 594% of everything Chacarita Juniors earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

In brief

21 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

No hiding place for Juan Ignacio Barbieri

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Juan Ignacio Barbieri, and the manager let it.

Squad

Leo Ocampo out for 57 days

The medical room confirms 57 days on the sidelines for Leo Ocampo, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

In brief

20 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Gonzalo Dell Aquila: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Chacarita Juniors have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Nicolás Pantaleone

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

19 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Julián Velázquez asks to leave Chacarita Juniors

“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.

Squad

Gastón Fernández: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Chacarita Juniors have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

The Ezequiel Gerez conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: Talleres will make the call about Ezequiel Gerez this week. Chacarita Juniors have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

Loan watch

Pablo Ortiz wants to come home

“I did not go to Córdoba to sit and watch. I want to come back to Chacarita Juniors and fight for my place.” 4 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.

Squad

Federico Losas knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Chacarita Juniors, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

18 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Lucas Bustos keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Chacarita Juniors may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Boardroom

Wages eat 769% of everything Chacarita Juniors earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

In brief

17 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Francisco Facello gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Favio Cabral asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

16 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Axel Guerra keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Chacarita Juniors may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Squad

Álvaro Cuello has seen what the next man earns

Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Chacarita Juniors that is a harder question to answer.

In brief

15 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Sebastián Ramírez: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Chacarita Juniors have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

14 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Sebastián Anchoverri: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Chacarita Juniors have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Boardroom

Wages eat 769% of everything Chacarita Juniors earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

In brief

13 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Luciano Perdomo: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Chacarita Juniors have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Gonzalo Dell Aquila

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

12 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Milton Leyendeker says Chacarita Juniors 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Squad

Federico Losas gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

11 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Maximiliano Meléndez signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Maximiliano Meléndez and Chacarita Juniors agree another 4 years.

Squad

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Loan watch

Pablo Ortiz has seen enough of Córdoba

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Chacarita Juniors, and 1 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.

In brief

10 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Boardroom

1374% of the income goes out in wages at Chacarita Juniors

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Boardroom

Chacarita Juniors are $2.9M in the red

The borrowing is past what the bank agreed, which is the line where a debt stops being how football is financed and starts being a problem. Every phone-in in this town will quote the figure for the next five years.

In brief

9 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Maximiliano Meléndez

Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

No hiding place for Favio Cabral

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Favio Cabral, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Mario Sanabria in the eights

A performance of 8.29 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match

Mario Sanabria rescues a point for Chacarita Juniors

It needed Mario Sanabria to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Talleres, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

Squad

Julián Velázquez asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

8 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Lisandro Montenegro shuts the door

Defensive actions: 24, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Axel Guerra

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Gonzalo Mottes

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 20 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad

No hiding place for Julián Velázquez

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Julián Velázquez, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Luciano Perdomo

Defensive actions: 17. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Match

Point won or two lost for Chacarita Juniors?

Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Mitre? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.

Squad

A first senior shirt for Lucas Alfonzo

Every debut is a small story about the future: Lucas Alfonzo, 18 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.

Squad

Sebastián Ramírez has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Sebastián Ramírez keeps the shirt for now, at Chacarita Juniors's convenience rather than his own.

In brief

7 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Federico Losas

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Gonzalo Mottes

Defensive actions: 23. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Julián Velázquez 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Juan Cuevas

Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Chacarita Juniors find a way past Almirante Brown

Almirante Brown made Chacarita Juniors work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

No hiding place for Juan Ignacio Barbieri

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Juan Ignacio Barbieri, and the manager let it.

Squad

Sebastián Ramírez knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Chacarita Juniors, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Brian Calderara

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 12 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

In brief

6 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Axel Guerra runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 30. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

Lisandro Montenegro shuts the door

Defensive actions: 29, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Julián Velázquez 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.

Boardroom

Wages eat 1355% of everything Chacarita Juniors earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Boardroom

Chacarita Juniors are $2.2M in the red

The borrowing is past what the bank agreed, which is the line where a debt stops being how football is financed and starts being a problem. Every phone-in in this town will quote the figure for the next five years.

Loan watch

Pablo Ortiz counts the days

“I watch every Chacarita Juniors game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Córdoba runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Squad

Nicolás Pantaleone gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

The armband comes off Juan Ignacio Barbieri

Chacarita Juniors will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.

Player ratings

The one thing Favio Cabral could not do

Shots: 10, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

In brief

5 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Córdoba come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Chacarita Juniors did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Juan Cuevas 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.

Match

Colón take the points off Chacarita Juniors

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

No hiding place for Luciano Perdomo

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Luciano Perdomo, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Juan Cuevas 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.

Player ratings

Juan Ignacio Barbieri leaves them behind him

Shots: 12. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.

In brief

4 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

The small margins put Chacarita Juniors out

Out, 0‑2 to Defensa y Justicia, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Axel Guerra

Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Juan Cuevas 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Chacarita Juniors see off Estudiantes

Three points for Chacarita Juniors, 2‑1 the final word against Estudiantes in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings

One of those days for Maximiliano Meléndez

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.02, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Juan Cuevas

Marked 8.10 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

Maximiliano Meléndez is off the mark for Chacarita Juniors

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Squad

Sebastián Anchoverri gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Milton Leyendeker knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Milton Leyendeker trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

3 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Juan Cuevas 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.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Juan Cuevas

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Chacarita Juniors come up short against Chaco For Ever

Chaco For Ever left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Axel Guerra gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings

Favio Cabral keeps on missing

Shots: 12, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

Player ratings

The one thing Gonzalo Mottes could not do

Shots: 6, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

In brief

2 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Chacarita Juniors

Juan Cuevas 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.

Squad

No hiding place for Favio Cabral

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Favio Cabral, and the manager let it.

Squad

Mario Sanabria signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mario Sanabria and Chacarita Juniors agree another 3 years.

Player ratings

Juan Ignacio Barbieri in the eights

A performance of 8.24 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings

Juan Cuevas runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

The clock runs on Álvaro Cuello's contract

24 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

In brief

1 Edition

The Chacarita Juniors Post

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Julián Velázquez shuts the door

Defensive actions: 28, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Juan Cuevas

Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Gonzalo Mottes signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Gonzalo Mottes commits to Chacarita Juniors for another 4 years.

Squad

Juan Cuevas 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 Chacarita Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Maximiliano Meléndez gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

The clock runs on Gonzalo Mottes's contract

49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Gonzalo Mottes

Defensive actions: 16. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Lisandro Montenegro

Defensive actions: 15. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Match

Chacarita Juniors and San Telmo cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. San Telmo came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

In brief