The River Plate Gazette
Match12 Aug 2026
River Plate through in the cup
A 1‑0 win over Oriental, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Rodrigo Hernández at 21 — 7.72
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Rodrigo Hernández did not need any: 7.72, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Felipe Chiappini shuts the door
Defensive actions: 24, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at River Plate
Carlos Rodríguez 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.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
River Plate supporters have found a favourite in Tomás López
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Tomás López has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad17 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Mathías Rodríguez falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match15 Aug 2026
Honours even between River Plate and Danubio
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A defender's afternoon for Brian Ferrarés
Defensive actions: 15. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
In brief
- Player ratings Cristian Sención runs at them all day
- Squad Francisco Triver is the weekend's best young player
- The terraces The press cannot get enough of Damián Frascarelli