The Gimnasia y Esgrima Sentinel
Player ratings5 Feb 2029
Nicolás Romano beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 36. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Santiago Roggero stands alone
6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Market5 Feb 2029
Petiso puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Gimnasia y Esgrima, and it is not being withdrawn.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Graduation day at Gimnasia y Esgrima
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.
Market5 Feb 2029
One of our own: Mono joins the Gimnasia y Esgrima first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mono is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market5 Feb 2029
Ricardo Paz steps up from the Gimnasia y Esgrima academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ricardo Paz 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.
Market5 Feb 2029
Gimnasia y Esgrima promote Agustín Rossi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Agustín Rossi 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.
Squad5 Feb 2029
A step back for Benjamín Sachelaridi at Gimnasia y Esgrima
Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Too much change too quickly at Gimnasia y Esgrima
5 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Looking ahead A test against the best for Gimnasia y Esgrima
- Player ratings Esteban Fernández keeps on missing