The Racing Courier
Market1 Mar 2027
Leonel Monti puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Racing, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Words exchanged at Racing
Abel Bustos and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Words at Racing training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alejandro Rébola 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.
Match27 Feb 2027
Racing rescue it on 86 minutes
Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 86. Madryn had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.
The dugout1 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Matías Machado
“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 ratings1 Mar 2027
Leonel Monti beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 16. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Match27 Feb 2027
Ramiro Jara rescues a point for Racing
It needed Ramiro Jara to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Madryn, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Boardroom1 Mar 2027
Racing counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Racing now.
The dugout1 Mar 2027
Alejandro Rébola 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 Racing, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Squad Racing have started building around Abel Bustos
- The dugout Leonel Monti gets picked when it counts