The Gimnasia y Esgrima Herald
Market7 Feb 2028
Bostero asks to leave Gimnasia y Esgrima
“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.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Milton Álvarez stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Milton Álvarez and Gimnasia y Esgrima agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Tempers go at Gimnasia y Esgrima
Milton Álvarez 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
Ivan Lopez is a Gimnasia y Esgrima player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
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.
Squad7 Feb 2028
A row about effort at Gimnasia y Esgrima
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Joaquín Varela was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market7 Feb 2028
One of our own: Facundo Moretti joins the Gimnasia y Esgrima first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Facundo Moretti is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market7 Feb 2028
Lucas González steps up from the Gimnasia y Esgrima academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lucas González 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.
Match5 Feb 2028
Gimnasia y Esgrima see off Alvarado
Three points for Gimnasia y Esgrima, 1‑0 the final word against Alvarado in a contest settled by the finer margins.
In brief
- Squad Gimnasia y Esgrima count the cost of losing Arif Loki
- Player ratings Nahuel Denis was the difference for Gimnasia y Esgrima
- The dugout The view from the dugout