The Racing Sentinel
Match26 Aug 2026
Racing march on in the cup
Penarol are out and Racing go through, 1‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Axel Atum
Successful dribbles: 31. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Iván Manzur, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.82
A mark of 7.82 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Squad31 Aug 2026
José Varela 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.
Match29 Aug 2026
Nicolás Brun the difference as Racing beat Juventud
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Nicolás Brun. 1‑0 against Juventud, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Nicolás Brun takes the honours
Marked 7.86 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Racing had the best player on the pitch.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Felipe Cairus 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Federico Varese has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Racing will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Guillermo Cotugno 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
- Market Nahuel Fernández leaves for nothing
- Boardroom Racing answer back
- The terraces The press have found their man in Federico Varese