The Racing Courier
Market4 Feb 2030
Fabrizio Ghiggia hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Racing can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings4 Feb 2030
Leandro Córdoba runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad4 Feb 2030
Brian Olivera signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Brian Olivera commits to Racing for another 2 years.
Squad4 Feb 2030
Tempers go at Racing
Ignacio Valsangiácomo was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom4 Feb 2030
Graduation day at Racing
5 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.
Squad4 Feb 2030
Words at Racing training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Fabrizio Ghiggia 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.
Match2 Feb 2030
Racing cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Market4 Feb 2030
Racing promote Leonardo Giménez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Leonardo Giménez 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.
Market4 Feb 2030
One of our own: Facundo Ramos joins the Racing first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Facundo Ramos is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Valentino Ojeda joins the Racing first team
- Squad Emanuel Díaz gets it from the manager
- Match A bad afternoon for Racing against Quilmes