The Racing Club Courier
Squad21 Feb 2028
The knee: Alfonso Espino out for 66 days
66 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Racing Club lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Duván Vergara breaks a bone — 58 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 58 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market21 Feb 2028
Nazareno Colombo asks to leave Racing Club
“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.
Player ratings21 Feb 2028
Vintage Adrián Martínez — 7.85
At 35 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 7.85, and nobody on the pitch better.
Player ratings21 Feb 2028
A defender's goal wins it for Racing Club — 7.89
1 for Richard Sánchez, marked 7.89, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Match19 Feb 2028
Nobody wants to play Racing Club 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.
Squad21 Feb 2028
A row about effort at Racing Club
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Matías Zaracho was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Tempers go at Racing Club
Matías Pérez 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.
Match19 Feb 2028
Richard Sánchez sends Racing Club past River Plate
It finished 2‑0, and it was Richard Sánchez’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Racing Club.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Benicio Marino joins the Racing Club first team
- Market One of our own: Roberto Alonso joins the Racing Club first team
- Market Racing Club promote Kun from within