Brian Olivera

Goalkeeper - Racing
18 Aug 2026
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Brian Olivera

3 Edition

The Racing Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Both of them Pablo Chavarría's — 8.86

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.86, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Squad

Brian Olivera stands alone

7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Player ratings

Alan Olinick pops up at the right end — 7.37

7.37, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Matías Machado

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

Squad

Words exchanged at Racing

Alejandro Rébola and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match

Nobody could stop scoring

6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Racing and Gimnasia y Tiro in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

Match

Pablo Chavarría sends Racing past Gimnasia y Tiro

It finished 4‑2, and it was Pablo Chavarría’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Racing.

Squad

Words at Racing training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ricardo Centurión is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Market

Inhulets watching Joel Erlinch

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Racing have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Racing Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

A 2-goal lead gone for Racing

It is a specific kind of quiet, a ground watching a winning position dissolve. Arsenal kept coming because nothing stopped them, and Racing will be asked about the last half hour all week.

Player ratings

Both of them Pablo Chavarría's — 9.22

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.22, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Player ratings

A brace, and Ignacio Valsangiácomo takes the afternoon — 9.17

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Ignacio Valsangiácomo provided it, and the 9.17 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Market

Racing say no — this time

The offer from Oviedo for Brian Olivera was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad

Abel Bustos 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 Racing this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Racing training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alejandro Rébola is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout

No hiding place for Abel Bustos

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

Market

One of our own: Matías Arias joins the Racing first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Matías Arias is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

One of our own: Alejandro Rey joins the Racing first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alejandro Rey is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief