The Gimnasia y Esgrima Sentinel
Squad3 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from César Rigamonti
There were 9 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 ratings3 Aug 2026
Ezequiel Muñoz shuts the door
Defensive actions: 34, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Market3 Aug 2026
Imanol González asks to leave Gimnasia y Esgrima
“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 ratings3 Aug 2026
Lautaro Carrera shuts the door
Defensive actions: 30, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Ezequiel Muñoz signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ezequiel Muñoz commits to Gimnasia y Esgrima for another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Ezequiel Muñoz 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 Gimnasia y Esgrima this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Ulises Sánchez 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 ratings3 Aug 2026
Tomás O'Connor 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Nobody at Gimnasia y Esgrima has picked up the phone to Ignacio Antonio
36 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
In brief
- Match Gimnasia y Esgrima draw a blank against Boca Juniors
- Market Still no ink between Gimnasia y Esgrima and Benjamín Borruel
- Market Luca Porretta leaves for nothing