The Gimnasia La Plata Gazette
Squad5 Feb 2029
The knee: Nicolás Utrera out for 42 days
42 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Gimnasia La Plata lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The dugout5 Feb 2029
Rodrigo Sosa: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Gimnasia La Plata have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
A new deal for Daniel Ramos
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Tempers go at Gimnasia La Plata
Arthur Cabral 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.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Graduation day at Gimnasia La Plata
8 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.
Match3 Feb 2029
Gimnasia La Plata are at home on the road
3 straight away victories. Sides that win away are usually sides that can defend and can counter, and the table has begun to reflect what those journeys have earned.
Market5 Feb 2029
One of our own: Benjamín Castillo joins the Gimnasia La Plata first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Benjamín Castillo 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
One of our own: Federico Rossi joins the Gimnasia La Plata first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Federico Rossi 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
Gimnasia La Plata promote José Moretti from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. José Moretti 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 Sebastián Pérez steps up from the Gimnasia La Plata academy
- Match A bad afternoon for Gimnasia La Plata against Tigre
- Squad Matías Melluso falls out with a teammate over standards