The Racing Sentinel
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Nobody could get near Axel Atum
Successful dribbles: 44. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad15 Feb 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Yordi López
88 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Racing lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match13 Feb 2027
The wait goes on for Racing
11 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Guillermo Cotugno 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 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom15 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Racing
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.
Match13 Feb 2027
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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Manuel Cardozo steps up from the Racing academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Manuel Cardozo 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Marcelo Olivera steps up from the Racing academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marcelo Olivera 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Racing promote Felipe Godoy from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Felipe Godoy 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 Racing promote Joaquin Rivera from within
- Match River Plate take the points off Racing
- Loan watch Thiago Fernández counts the days