The Racing Courier
Market30 Jul 2029
Valentín Dutruel asks to leave Racing
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match28 Jul 2029
Nobody wants to play Racing right now
3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Market30 Jul 2029
The Atlanta deal is off
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Valentín Dutruel reports back to Racing with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Squad30 Jul 2029
Abel Bustos 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.
Transfer targets30 Jul 2029
Colón tell Racing: Conrado Ibarra is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match28 Jul 2029
Racing get the job done against San Martín
A 2‑0 win over San Martín, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
The dugout30 Jul 2029
The manager makes an example of Brian Olivera
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout30 Jul 2029
Valentín Dutruel frozen out at Racing
This is not rotation. Valentín Dutruel has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Racing is pretending otherwise.
Squad30 Jul 2029
Racing count the cost of losing Benjamín Moreno
24 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
In brief
- Player ratings Franco Bergandi in the eights
- Squad Franco Bergandi falls out with a teammate over standards
- The dugout The manager’s verdict