The Gimnasia y Esgrima Sentinel
Market7 Feb 2028
Matías Muñoz hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Gimnasia y Esgrima can pretend not to have heard.
Market7 Feb 2028
Gimnasia y Esgrima turn down Birkirkara for Matías Muñoz
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market7 Feb 2028
Tomás Giménez is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Gimnasia y Esgrima is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The dugout7 Feb 2028
Julián Moya 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.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Brian Andrada signs for Atlético Tucumán while still at Gimnasia y Esgrima
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Brian Andrada has agreed terms with Atlético Tucumán for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Tempers go at Gimnasia y Esgrima
Tomás O'Connor 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.
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.
Match5 Feb 2028
3 matches without a goal for Gimnasia y Esgrima
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Player ratings7 Feb 2028
Facundo Lencioni was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 20. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Matías Muñoz
- Market Gimnasia y Esgrima promote Benjamín Ferreyra from within
- Match A bad afternoon for Gimnasia y Esgrima against Gimnasia y Esgrima