The Racing Santander Courier
Match3 May 2032
Racing Santander finish in position 17
26 points, and the season has a number on it. Whatever it felt like from the inside, this is what it will look like in a book.
Squad3 May 2032
Francisco Peña arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Francisco Peña has, at Racing Santander, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad3 May 2032
A row about effort at Racing Santander
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Pablo Ramón was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad3 May 2032
A falling-out at Racing Santander
Álvaro Mantilla and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings3 May 2032
Ninety minutes of Andrés Martín at his very best
Marked 8.49. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Racing Santander.
The dugout3 May 2032
The manager makes an example of Noam Bonnet
“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.
Market3 May 2032
A long bet from Racing Santander on Enzo Lorenzo
He is 19, and nobody at Racing Santander signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market3 May 2032
Racing Santander sign Francisco Peña, one for the future
Francisco Peña is 19, and Racing Santander have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Match1 May 2032
Racing Santander share the spoils with Mallorca
A 1‑1 draw with Mallorca leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
In brief
- The dugout Luis Cruz on the point
- Player ratings César Galíndez was unplayable
- Market The Julen Agirrezabala story refuses to die