The Platense Sentinel
Match7 Jun 2028
The small margins put Platense out
Out, 0‑1 to Belgrano, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Market12 Jun 2028
Franco Zapiola 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 The request is on a desk at Platense, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad12 Jun 2028
A one-man rearguard from Nicolás Sumavil
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market12 Jun 2028
Platense say no — this time
The offer from Arsenal for Mauro Isopi was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Juan Saborido 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 Platense this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad12 Jun 2028
No hiding place for Guido Mainero
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Guido Mainero, and the manager let it.
Market12 Jun 2028
Argentinos Juniors expected to open talks for Augusto Lotti
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Platense will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Player ratings12 Jun 2028
Agustín Funes runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Platense count the cost of losing Joan Traverso
14 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
In brief
- Loan watch Andrés Sosa counts the days
- Market Bautista Merlini is free to find somewhere else
- Player ratings A day to forget for Abel Galbán