The Gimnasia y Esgrima Herald
Market7 Feb 2028
Francisco Maidana puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Gimnasia y Esgrima, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout7 Feb 2028
Juan Ignacio Pereira keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Gimnasia y Esgrima may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings7 Feb 2028
A defender's goal wins it for Gimnasia y Esgrima — 7.76
1 for Francisco Maidana, marked 7.76, 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.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Words exchanged at Gimnasia y Esgrima
Francisco Maidana 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.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Graduation day at Gimnasia y Esgrima
5 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
Gimnasia y Esgrima promote Gabriel Pérez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gabriel Pérez 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
Alejandro Colombo steps up from the Gimnasia y Esgrima academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alejandro Colombo 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
One of our own: Julián Rey joins the Gimnasia y Esgrima first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Julián Rey is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match5 Feb 2028
Gimnasia y Esgrima find a way past Gimnasia y Esgrima
Gimnasia y Esgrima made Gimnasia y Esgrima work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
In brief
- Squad Claudio Pombo reaches 200 appearances
- Boardroom Gimnasia y Esgrima let a promise lapse
- Squad A row about effort at Gimnasia y Esgrima