The Gimnasia La Plata Gazette
Squad8 Feb 2027
The knee: Harlen Castillo out for 85 days
85 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Gimnasia La Plata lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Match6 Feb 2027
No end in sight to Gimnasia La Plata's wait for a win
10 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Gimnasia La Plata has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Germán Conti breaks a bone — 40 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 40 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Facundo Di Biasi says Gimnasia La Plata went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A falling-out at Gimnasia La Plata
Telasco Segovia and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market8 Feb 2027
Pedro Silva Torrejón wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
3 academy graduates step up at Gimnasia La Plata
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Nelson Insfrán gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market8 Feb 2027
Felipe Castro steps up from the Gimnasia La Plata academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Felipe Castro 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 Facundo Ponce steps up from the Gimnasia La Plata academy
- Market Gimnasia La Plata promote Martín Castro from within
- Player ratings One of those days for Agustín Colazo