The Argentine football season seems to start earlier and earlier with each coming year. The New Year’s asado is still slowly digesting away in the pits of our stomachs, and the pavements of Buenos Aires are molten lava under our feet, and yet we find ourselves just a week away from the opening round of the (take a deep breath) Liga Profesional Torneo Apertura Mercado Libre 2026.
With the World Cup looming large on every football fan’s calendar and the added need to squeeze in two league tournaments and their corresponding play-offs around the big event, this summer off-season is shorter than ever.
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