The Gimnasia y Esgrima Herald
Squad28 Aug 2028
16 days out for Octavio Bianchi after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Gimnasia y Esgrima will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad28 Aug 2028
The knee: Valentino Ferreyra out for 17 days
17 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Gimnasia y Esgrima lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Match26 Aug 2028
The wait goes on for Gimnasia y Esgrima
7 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Player ratings28 Aug 2028
David Gallardo runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad28 Aug 2028
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.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Alejandro Suárez out for 20 days
The medical room confirms 20 days on the sidelines for Alejandro Suárez, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Player ratings28 Aug 2028
Franco Camargo stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.27 on the card, and the Gimnasia y Esgrima support went home talking about one name.
The dugout28 Aug 2028
Alejo Navarro gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout28 Aug 2028
Facundo Lombardi: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
In brief
- Match Gimnasia y Esgrima and San Martín SJ cancel each other out
- The dugout Emiliano Zambrano has become a man the manager trusts
- Market The shop window has Franco Camargo in it