The Platense Sentinel
Market14 Sep 2026
Platense promote Gaston Barrios from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gaston Barrios 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
One of our own: Andres De Arrascaeta joins the Platense first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andres De Arrascaeta is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Joaquín Etcheverry
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Juan Cruz Careaga needs a bigger stage
He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and Platense know which stage they are at.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
William Klingender 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 William Klingender is on it.
Market14 Sep 2026
Juan Cruz Careaga brings the grey hairs Platense lacked
At 33, he has seen every situation this season can produce, twice. The legs will be managed; the head is the purchase.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes Steven Chiazaro a promise
- Squad Somebody is after Gino Sandiano’s shirt
- Squad Juan Cruz Careaga is finding his feet at Platense
- Squad Welcome back, Diego Bustos