The River Plate Sentinel
Squad8 Feb 2027
Ezequiel Centurión damages knee ligaments — 41 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 41 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match6 Feb 2027
Whatever happens, River Plate do not lose
15 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
A brace, and Ángel Correa takes the afternoon — 8.47
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Ángel Correa provided it, and the 8.47 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Nobody could get near Kendry Páez
Successful dribbles: 29. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Mauro Arambarri 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.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at River Plate
3 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.
Match6 Feb 2027
Nobody wins at River Plate
9 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
The terraces8 Feb 2027
River Plate supporters have found a favourite in Kendry Páez
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 19-year-old it feels ownership of. Kendry Páez has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match6 Feb 2027
River Plate get the job done against Barracas Central
A 2‑0 win over Barracas Central, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
In brief
- Market River Plate promote Miguel Ángel Romano from within
- Market Chapa steps up from the River Plate academy
- Market Sergio Godoy steps up from the River Plate academy