The River Plate Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Matías Ocampo gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Matías Ocampo has just signed for River Plate, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Diego García 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Penarol take the points off River Plate
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Rodrigo Rodríguez ran the middle of the pitch — 7.27
He won it back and then made something of it, which is two jobs and the reason the scoreline looks the way it does. 12 combined actions and a mark of 7.27, and not one of them will make a highlights package.
Market10 Aug 2026
River Plate promote Alejandro Olivera from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alejandro Olivera has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
River Plate promote Manuel Varela from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Manuel Varela has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
River Plate promote Brian Pellistri from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Brian Pellistri has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
River Plate promote Santiago Valverde from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Santiago Valverde has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No place for Matías Ocampo in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation River Plate are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
In brief
- Squad 15 new faces, and River Plate are still learning each other
- The dugout Alejandro Castro answers for it
- The dugout Damián Frascarelli gets it from the manager