The Platense Sentinel
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Manuel Tucker
Successful dribbles: 87. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match26 Aug 2026
Platense out of the cup
Deportivo Riestra ended it 0‑0. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Platense
Matías Borgogno 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.
Match29 Aug 2026
Platense see off Gimnasia y Esgrima
Three points for Platense, 1‑0 the final word against Gimnasia y Esgrima in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Platense training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Agustín Lagos 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Iván Gómez
“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 ratings31 Aug 2026
The kick that got away from Juan Gauto
Twelve yards, a goalkeeper guessing, and it still did not go in. He will take the next one, and every soul in the ground will hold their breath.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Víctor Cuesta 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 Platense, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
The referee tires of Ignacio Vázquez
Fouls conceded: 5. Some of it was commitment and some of it was frustration, and the free-kick count did not distinguish between the two.
In brief
- Market Ivo Visona goes out on loan to play
- The terraces The press cannot get enough of Brian Bustos