The Gimnasia y Tiro Sentinel
Squad12 Feb 2029
12 saves: Joaquín Papaleo was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 12 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Enzo Aguirre damages knee ligaments — 32 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 32 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market12 Feb 2029
Rodrigo Olivares 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 The request is on a desk at Gimnasia y Tiro, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Nicolás Contín stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Nicolás Contín and Gimnasia y Tiro agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad12 Feb 2029
A falling-out at Gimnasia y Tiro
Juan Rocca and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match10 Feb 2029
Juan Rocca’s goal not enough for Gimnasia y Tiro
Juan Rocca scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Racing Club, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
The dugout12 Feb 2029
No hiding place for Juan Rocca
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Juan Rocca, and the manager let it.
The dugout12 Feb 2029
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 1‑2 defeat, delivered by Juan Manuel Paz to a room that had heard them before.
Market12 Feb 2029
A stepping stone, not a home, for Tin Simunovic
He is doing his job and he is not settling. Gimnasia y Tiro were supposed to be a step up in his own reckoning, and his own reckoning has been adjusted since he arrived.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Joaquín Papaleo plays
- Looking ahead A reunion for Nicolás Contín
- Market The Nicolás Contín question follows Gimnasia y Tiro around