The Racing Sentinel
Match8 Aug 2026
Esteban da Silva leads the rout of Defensor Sporting
5‑0, and Esteban da Silva took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Racing tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Both of them Esteban da Silva's — 8.38
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.38, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A brace, and Axel Atum takes the afternoon — 8.22
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Axel Atum provided it, and the 8.22 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Brayan Alcócer would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Brayan Alcócer is living that version at Racing, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Federico Varese signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Federico Varese and Racing agree another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Racing
Federico Varese and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Racing agree a free transfer for Vitinho
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Bautista Tomatis
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market10 Aug 2026
Gonzalo Araujo steps up from the Racing academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gonzalo Araujo 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
- Market Matias Diaz steps up from the Racing academy
- Market One of our own: Ramon Gimenez joins the Racing first team
- Market One of our own: Nahuel Ugarte joins the Racing first team