The Platense Sentinel
Player ratings20 Sep 2027
Vintage Bruno Sepúlveda — 7.99
At 35 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 7.99, and nobody on the pitch better.
Player ratings20 Sep 2027
Maximiliano Amarfil goes up and wins it — 7.96
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.96 for the rest of it.
Market20 Sep 2027
Luca Bastilla is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Platense is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom20 Sep 2027
Joaquín Giudice has agreed to leave Platense for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad20 Sep 2027
A falling-out at Platense
Marcos Peano and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match18 Sep 2027
Bruno Sepúlveda sends Platense past Instituto
It finished 2‑1, and it was Bruno Sepúlveda’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Platense.
The dugout20 Sep 2027
Marcos Peano 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.
The dugout20 Sep 2027
A satisfied Miguel Ángel Ferrari
“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 2‑1, Miguel Ángel Ferrari could afford to be generous.
The dugout20 Sep 2027
Tomás Silva gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Tomás Silva is on it.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Platense
- Squad Mateo Mendia has to sit this one out
- Looking ahead A reunion for Guido Mainero