The Platense Sentinel
Squad20 Aug 2029
9 saves: Andrés Sosa was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 9 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Match18 Aug 2029
Chastening afternoon for Platense
A 0‑3 beating by Independiente was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Squad20 Aug 2029
A falling-out at Platense
Franco Zapiola and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout20 Aug 2029
Ignacio Vázquez 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.
Squad20 Aug 2029
Words at Platense training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Maximiliano Amarfil is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad20 Aug 2029
Platense count the cost of losing Pipe
22 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Boardroom20 Aug 2029
Nobody left the Platense dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
The dugout20 Aug 2029
Juan Carlos Di María: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑3, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
Player ratings20 Aug 2029
Franco Zapiola beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 14. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Franco Minerva plays
- Market The Ignacio Vázquez story refuses to die
- Market Dante Capriati told to find a new club