The Gimnasia y Esgrima Herald
Market1 Nov 2027
Manuel Severich 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.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Words exchanged at Gimnasia y Esgrima
Milton Álvarez 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.
The dugout1 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Federico Paradela
“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.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Pol out for 16 days
The medical room confirms 16 days on the sidelines for Pol, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Player ratings1 Nov 2027
Franco Camargo in the eights
A performance of 8.04 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Manuel Severich slips down the pecking order
The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Manuel Severich is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Words at Gimnasia y Esgrima training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sebastián Sánchez is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout1 Nov 2027
A promise honoured for Octavio Bianchi
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Gimnasia y Esgrima told Octavio Bianchi something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
Loan watch1 Nov 2027
10 goals on loan for Gonzalo Puntano
18 appearances at Portuguesa and the goals keep coming. Gimnasia y Esgrima are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
In brief
- Match Gimnasia y Esgrima and Liniers take a point apiece
- The dugout When it matters, Federico Paradela plays
- The dugout Joaquín Varela knocks on the manager’s door