The Racing Club Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
Matías Zaracho signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Matías Zaracho and Racing Club agree another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alfonso Espino 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 Club this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Matías Zaracho runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Valentín Carboni in the eights
A performance of 9.30 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match8 Aug 2026
Adrián Martínez the difference as Racing Club beat Huracán
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Adrián Martínez. 2‑1 against Huracán, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Facundo Cambeses
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Facundo Cambeses, and the manager let it.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Adrián Martínez
Marked 8.21 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Market10 Aug 2026
Racing Club and Alfonso Espino are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Matko Miljevic knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Matko Miljevic trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Market 24 months and counting on Bruno Zuculini
- Market The shop window has Thiago De Bellis in it
- The terraces The press cannot get enough of Valentín Carboni