The Rampla Juniors Herald
Player ratings12 Feb 2029
Nobody could get near Kevin Alaniz
Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Matías Villarreal 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 Rampla Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market12 Feb 2029
Brian Suarez is a Rampla Juniors player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market12 Feb 2029
Ivan Silva is a Rampla Juniors player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market12 Feb 2029
Nicolas Araujo comes home
The shirt still fits. Nicolas Araujo is back at Rampla Juniors, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market12 Feb 2029
As if he never left: Carlos Barrios returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Carlos Barrios is a Rampla Juniors player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Player ratings12 Feb 2029
Axel Vargas shuts the door
Defensive actions: 21, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings12 Feb 2029
A defender's afternoon for Ángel Llanes
Defensive actions: 18. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Borys Barone 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
- Match No goals between Rampla Juniors and Uruguay Montevideo
- Squad The room hears from Lautaro Rinaldi
- Squad Serafin Bütow knocks on the manager’s door