The River Plate Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
The knee: Federico Acosta out for 40 days
40 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. River Plate lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alejandro 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Franco Gonzalez steps up from the River Plate academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Franco Gonzalez 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
River Plate promote Fernando Lopez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Fernando Lopez 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 Carlos Mendez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Carlos Mendez 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 Suarez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Manuel Suarez 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for River Plate against Penarol
0‑1 to Penarol, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Vitinho
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Rodrigo Rodríguez
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- The dugout Jorge Rios answers for it
- The dugout Nicolás dos Santos is still paying for one afternoon at River Plate
- The dugout Lautaro Pertusatti knocks on the manager’s door