The Platense Sentinel
Squad10 Aug 2026
Brian Bustos stands alone
8 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Market10 Aug 2026
Morelia come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Platense did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market10 Aug 2026
Gonzalo Goñi 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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Gonzalo Goñi signs for Tigre while still at Platense
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Gonzalo Goñi has agreed terms with Tigre for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ignacio Vázquez signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ignacio Vázquez commits to Platense for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Nico López 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A muscle injury and 16 days out for Iván Gómez
The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. Platense will quote 16 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Guido Mainero runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market10 Aug 2026
Platense promote Alejandro Sánchez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alejandro Sánchez has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Mario Bianchi joins the Platense first team
- Match Platense come up short against Newell's Old Boys
- The dugout Julián Torres faces the questions