The River Plate Gazette
Match19 Jun 2028
River Plate refuse to drop out of the race
Position 3, 31 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.
Squad19 Jun 2028
A one-man rearguard from José Arbío
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad19 Jun 2028
Mauricio Lemos in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at River Plate this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market19 Jun 2028
Colon join the queue for Agustín Mora
Add another name to the list: Colon have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Agustín Mora. The answer from River Plate has not changed — yet.
Player ratings19 Jun 2028
João Lourenço in the eights
A performance of 8.96 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match17 Jun 2028
River Plate find a way past Artigas
Artigas made River Plate work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings19 Jun 2028
One of those days for Felipe Chiappini
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.12, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad19 Jun 2028
No hiding place for Gonzalo Pelúa
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gonzalo Pelúa, and the manager let it.
Squad19 Jun 2028
River Plate count the cost of losing Nicolás Olivera
15 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
In brief
- Player ratings Jean Martínez runs at them all day
- Market Inti López placed on the list
- Player ratings Inti López keeps on missing