The Platense Sentinel
Squad5 Feb 2029
Andrés Sosa: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Platense have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market5 Feb 2029
Agustín Alonso 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 The request is on a desk at Platense, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings5 Feb 2029
A defender's afternoon for Maximiliano Amarfil
Defensive actions: 26. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Market5 Feb 2029
Celías Ingenthron wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Platense hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Franco Minerva stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Franco Minerva and Platense agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Franco Zapiola in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Platense this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market5 Feb 2029
Pepe comes home
The shirt still fits. Pepe is back at Platense, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market5 Feb 2029
Loco comes home
The shirt still fits. Loco is back at Platense, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Player ratings5 Feb 2029
Franco Zapiola in the eights
A performance of 9.20 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
In brief
- Squad The manager makes an example of Nicolás Figal
- Match Platense see off Estudiantes
- Player ratings Franco Minerva in the eights