The Racing Courier
Market19 Jul 2027
Raúl Chamorro asks to leave Racing
“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.
Match17 Jul 2027
No end in sight to Racing's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Racing has to find a result from somewhere.
Market19 Jul 2027
Al-Shabab come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Racing did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Racing
Abel Bustos 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.
Player ratings19 Jul 2027
Facundo Taborda 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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Pablo Chavarría falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match17 Jul 2027
A bad afternoon for Racing against Belgrano
0‑2 to Belgrano, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout19 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Brian Olivera
“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.
The dugout19 Jul 2027
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑2 Agustín Cabrera left the room before anybody could ask which.
In brief
- Market Temperley expected to open talks for Ignacio Valsangiácomo
- The dugout When it matters, Brian Olivera plays
- The dugout Ricardo Centurión knocks on the manager's door