The River Plate Post
Squad9 Aug 2027
8 saves: Luis Guillén was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 8 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Match7 Aug 2027
No end in sight to River Plate's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at River Plate has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Enzo Ortiz signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Enzo Ortiz and River Plate agree another 3 years.
Squad9 Aug 2027
César Olmedo 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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Diego Ramos gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Diego Ramos has just signed for River Plate, and for once the answer mattered.
Match7 Aug 2027
Tacuary take the points off River Plate
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout9 Aug 2027
Aldo González is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
The dugout9 Aug 2027
Derlis Sanabria answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
The dugout9 Aug 2027
Jonathan Amarilla 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.
In brief
- The dugout Enzo Ortiz knocks on the manager's door
- Market Derlis Cabañas told to find a new club
- Loan watch The goals keep arriving from Germán Núñez’s exile