The Platense Sentinel
Squad5 Feb 2029
Tempers go at Platense
Juan Saborido was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Graduation day at Platense
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad5 Feb 2029
A row about effort at Platense
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Franco Zapiola was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Matías Villarreal signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Matías Villarreal and Platense agree another 2 years.
The terraces5 Feb 2029
The crowd has taken to Ivo Visona
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market5 Feb 2029
Joaquín Ferreyra steps up from the Platense academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Joaquín Ferreyra has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market5 Feb 2029
One of our own: Juan Martín Silva joins the Platense first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Juan Martín Silva is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market5 Feb 2029
Facundo Ojeda steps up from the Platense academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Facundo Ojeda has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market5 Feb 2029
Platense promote Gael Medina from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gael Medina has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Match The run at home goes on for Platense
- Match Ivo Visona the difference as Platense beat Talleres
- Squad Appearance number 100 for Agustín Alonso