The Gimnasia La Plata Gazette
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Gimnasia La Plata
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.
Match6 Feb 2027
Whatever happens, Gimnasia La Plata do not lose
6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad8 Feb 2027
No hiding place for Agustín Auzmendi
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Agustín Auzmendi, and the manager let it.
Market8 Feb 2027
Gimnasia La Plata promote Eduardo Ramos from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Eduardo Ramos 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Gimnasia La Plata promote Ricardo Castro from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ricardo Castro 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Ezequiel Ferrari steps up from the Gimnasia La Plata academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ezequiel Ferrari 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Carlos Medina steps up from the Gimnasia La Plata academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Carlos Medina 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.
Match6 Feb 2027
Gimnasia La Plata see off Tigre
Three points for Gimnasia La Plata, 1‑0 the final word against Tigre in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Augusto Max falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- Boardroom Gimnasia La Plata are making the ground bigger
- Squad Franco Almanza in a row with a teammate
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Manuel Panaro