Mathias Hernandez

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Platense U18
11 Aug 2029
Saturday
Process

Marked for Mathias Hernandez

120 Edition

The Platense Sentinel

13 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces

The mood at Platense has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Platense

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Squad

A falling-out at Platense

Tomás Cerri and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout

Nicolás Quintana faces a manager he fell out with

They have worked together before and it did not end well. Nobody at Platense expects the new manager to have forgotten, least of all Nicolás Quintana.

The dugout

Christian Moreno asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

The dugout

Platense keep their word to Jorge Paz

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

In brief

Back issues
105 Edition

The Platense Sentinel

31 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Joel Godoy Gill breaks a bone — 33 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 33 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market

Jorge Paz has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Platense they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market

Kevin Diaz 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 The request is on a desk at Platense, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Luciano Tiscornia signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Luciano Tiscornia commits to Platense for another 4 years.

Squad

Luciano Tiscornia 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.

The dugout

Jorge Paz frozen out at Platense

This is not rotation. Jorge Paz has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Platense is pretending otherwise.

Transfer targets

Platense rebuffed over Juan Manuel Nieto

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Rentistas have kept their man, and Platense go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market

One of our own: Mathias Hernandez joins the Platense first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mathias Hernandez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Jonathan Lopez steps up from the Platense academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jonathan Lopez has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

In brief

  • Squad Words at Platense training over how hard people work
  • The dugout Richard González faces a manager he fell out with
  • Boardroom Platense can only buy what they sell