The Rampla Juniors Herald
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A brace, and Nicolás Royón takes the afternoon — 8.71
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Nicolás Royón provided it, and the 8.71 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Rampla Juniors
Yamil 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Nicolás Royón the difference as Rampla Juniors beat Deportivo Maldonado
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Nicolás Royón. 2‑1 against Deportivo Maldonado, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jonathan Rivera joins the Rampla Juniors first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jonathan Rivera is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Marcelo Ramirez steps up from the Rampla Juniors academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marcelo Ramirez has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nicolas Coates steps up from the Rampla Juniors academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nicolas Coates has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Nahuel Mendez joins the Rampla Juniors first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nahuel Mendez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Valentín Viola needs a bigger stage
He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and Rampla Juniors know which stage they are at.
Squad10 Aug 2026
15 new faces, and Rampla Juniors are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
In brief
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- Player ratings Sebastián Cal runs at them all day
- The dugout The form table has caught Johnson Ayaane