The Independiente Rivadavia Gazette
Match6 Feb 2027
The wait goes on for Independiente Rivadavia
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Independiente Rivadavia
José Florentín 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.
Match6 Feb 2027
4 matches without a goal for Independiente Rivadavia
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.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Gonzalo Ríos runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Independiente Rivadavia
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Independiente Rivadavia training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Iván Villalba is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad8 Feb 2027
No hiding place for José Florentín
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to José Florentín, and the manager let it.
Match6 Feb 2027
Independiente Rivadavia come up short against Belgrano
Belgrano left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market8 Feb 2027
Gustavo Suárez steps up from the Independiente Rivadavia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gustavo Suárez 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
- Market Tomás Ramírez steps up from the Independiente Rivadavia academy
- Market One of our own: Gael Ferreyra joins the Independiente Rivadavia first team
- Market Independiente Rivadavia promote Mario Cabrera from within