The Independiente Herald
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Sebastián Valdez says Independiente went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match6 Feb 2027
4 matches without a win for Independiente
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Independiente are no longer polite ones.
Match6 Feb 2027
4 matches without a goal for Independiente
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Independiente
4 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Nobody could get near Luciano Cabral
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market8 Feb 2027
Valentín Arias steps up from the Independiente academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Valentín Arias 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Independiente promote Facundo Quiroga from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Facundo Quiroga 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Independiente promote Felipe Peralta from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Felipe Peralta 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Burrito steps up from the Independiente academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Burrito 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.
In brief
- Squad Franco Paredes falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad Tempers go at Independiente
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Leonardo Gómez on the draw