The Gimnasia y Esgrima Sentinel
The terraces28 Jun 2027
Anger at Gimnasia y Esgrima spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Market28 Jun 2027
Matías Muñoz 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.
Market28 Jun 2027
Gimnasia y Esgrima say no — this time
The offer from Curicó Unido for Franco Saavedra was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market28 Jun 2027
Lautaro Carrera has said yes to Alvarado
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Gimnasia y Esgrima have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Ulises Sánchez falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout28 Jun 2027
A promise honoured at Gimnasia y Esgrima
Something was said to Lautaro Petruchi and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.
The dugout28 Jun 2027
No hiding place for Fermín Antonini
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Fermín Antonini, and the manager let it.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Capo signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Capo commits to Gimnasia y Esgrima for another 3 years.
The dugout28 Jun 2027
Lautaro Petruchi knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Lautaro Petruchi trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Brian Andrada plays
- Market The Ulises Sánchez question follows Gimnasia y Esgrima around
- Loan watch Esteban Fernández keeps scoring at Argentino de Merlo