The Gimnasia y Esgrima Sentinel
The terraces25 Jun 2029
Supporters organise against the Gimnasia y Esgrima board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
Match25 Jun 2029
Every point is an argument now for Gimnasia y Esgrima
Position 15 and 6 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Squad25 Jun 2029
Diego Prieto signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Diego Prieto commits to Gimnasia y Esgrima for another 4 years.
The dugout25 Jun 2029
Ismael Cortez has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Gimnasia y Esgrima will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market25 Jun 2029
The Ismael Cortez question follows Gimnasia y Esgrima around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Ismael Cortez’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
The dugout25 Jun 2029
Valentín Ramos does not fit this one
Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.
The dugout25 Jun 2029
Frank Bogado knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Gimnasia y Esgrima, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad25 Jun 2029
Diego Mondino speaks, and the room listens
“I am not asking anybody to be better than they are. I am asking everybody to be as good as they are, every week.” Said out loud, in front of everybody, and the room at Gimnasia y Esgrima was different afterwards.
Market25 Jun 2029
Bocha leaves for nothing
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Bocha leaves Gimnasia y Esgrima the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
In brief
- Squad Enzo Ávalos is not doing himself any favours
- The dugout Facundo Lencioni keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Khalid Al Hammadi is starting to look at home