Vitinho

Attacking Midfielder (R) - River Plate
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Marked for Vitinho

8 Edition

The River Plate Gazette

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match15 Sep 2026

River Plate come up short in Europe

0‑1 away to the standard of O'Higgins. Nobody will pretend this was a scandal; the gap is real, it is measurable, and closing it is a project rather than a team talk.

Market21 Sep 2026

Nicolás dos Santos is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at River Plate is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Match19 Sep 2026

3 matches without a goal for River Plate

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Squad21 Sep 2026

A falling-out at River Plate

Alejandro García and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match19 Sep 2026

Racing take the points off River Plate

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Matias Rios left the room before anybody could ask which.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

The team sheet said everything about Pablo Olivera

Warm-up bib, ninety minutes of watching, and a handshake at the end that fooled nobody. Big matches tell you who a manager trusts; this one told Pablo Olivera.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

No hiding place for Vitinho

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Vitinho, and the manager let it.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

Maximiliano Burruzo gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Maximiliano Burruzo is on it.

In brief

Back issues
5 Edition

The River Plate Gazette

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market31 Aug 2026

Lautaro Pertusatti has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around River Plate they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Tomás López, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.86

A mark of 7.86 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Boardroom31 Aug 2026

Nicolás dos Santos signs for Albion while still at River Plate

The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Nicolás dos Santos has agreed terms with Albion for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.

Squad31 Aug 2026

A falling-out at River Plate

Ignacio Pereira and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match29 Aug 2026

Tomás López sends River Plate past Cerro Largo

It finished 2‑0, and it was Tomás López’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to River Plate.

The dugout31 Aug 2026

Cristian Techera 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.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Ignacio Pereira in the eights

A performance of 8.16 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

The dugout31 Aug 2026

The manager’s verdict

“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Matias Rios kept it short after the 2‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.

The dugout31 Aug 2026

Cristian Techera left out for tactical reasons at River Plate

The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

In brief

1 Edition

The River Plate Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market3 Aug 2026

Lautaro Pertusatti is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at River Plate is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

No sign of nerves from Tomás López at 21 — 7.67

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Tomás López did not need any: 7.67, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Boardroom3 Aug 2026

Lautaro Pertusatti signs for Defensor Sporting while still at River Plate

The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Lautaro Pertusatti has agreed terms with Defensor Sporting for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Carlos Rodríguez stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Carlos Rodríguez and River Plate agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A row about effort at River Plate

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ignacio Pereira was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at River Plate

Alejandro García 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.

Match1 Aug 2026

A bad afternoon for River Plate against Cerro

1‑2 to Cerro, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout3 Aug 2026

Yonatan Irrazábal 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.

Squad3 Aug 2026

The formation has left Ignacio Pereira behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. River Plate will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

In brief