The Racing Club Courier
Market5 Feb 2029
Matko Miljevic wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Racing Club hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Nikola Vasilj signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nikola Vasilj commits to Racing Club for another 4 years.
Match3 Feb 2029
The drought breaks for Racing Club
7 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and Tigre were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Matías Pérez 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 Racing Club this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings5 Feb 2029
Nobody could get near Duván Vergara
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Words at Racing Club training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nikola Vasilj 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.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Graduation day at Racing Club
6 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market5 Feb 2029
One of our own: Fernando Sánchez joins the Racing Club first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Fernando Sánchez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market5 Feb 2029
Liam Pérez steps up from the Racing Club academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Liam Pérez 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
- Market Racing Club promote Valentín Ojeda from within
- Match Matko Miljevic sends Racing Club past Tigre
- Boardroom Racing Club board go back on their word