The Platense Sentinel
The dugout30 Nov 2026
Eugenio Raggio keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Platense may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Platense
Nico López 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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
A muscle injury and 14 days out for Benicio Campos
The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. Platense will quote 14 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Squad30 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Platense
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Bautista Merlini was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Loan watch30 Nov 2026
Ivo Visona keeps scoring at Panionios
11 appearances away from home and 6 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
Bautista Merlini gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Bautista Merlini is on it.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes Augusto Lotti a promise
- The dugout Tomás Nasif knocks on the manager's door
- Squad Benicio Campos: another 14 days