The Racing Club Courier
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
A brace, and Duván Vergara takes the afternoon — 8.38
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Duván Vergara provided it, and the 8.38 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Match6 Feb 2027
Racing Club make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Racing Club have 3 straight wins of it.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Racing Club
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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Racing Club
Matías Pérez 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.
Match6 Feb 2027
Racing Club get the job done against Barracas Central
A 2‑0 win over Barracas Central, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market8 Feb 2027
Racing Club promote Luis Alberto Sánchez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luis Alberto 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Racing Club promote Raúl Ponce from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Raúl Ponce 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
One of our own: Valentín Pérez joins the Racing Club first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Valentín Pérez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
Joaquín Silva steps up from the Racing Club academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Joaquín Silva 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
- Squad Words at Racing Club training over how hard people work
- Loan watch Alan Forneris counts the days
- The dugout A satisfied Matías Bruno