The Deportivo Riestra Courier
Match6 Feb 2027
The wait goes on for Deportivo Riestra
11 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.
Match6 Feb 2027
The goals have deserted Deportivo Riestra
11 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Deportivo Riestra can tell you which week it ends in.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Mauricio Alaniz breaks a bone — 65 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 65 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Jonathan Herrera 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 Deportivo Riestra this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Deportivo Riestra
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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Lucas Cabrera steps up from the Deportivo Riestra academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lucas Cabrera 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
One of our own: Felipe De Luca joins the Deportivo Riestra first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Felipe De Luca is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
José Torres steps up from the Deportivo Riestra academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. José Torres 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
Deportivo Riestra promote Julián Figueroa from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Julián Figueroa 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.
In brief
- Squad Nicolás Caro Torres falls out with a teammate over standards
- Loan watch Fabricio Ventresca wants to come home
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Pablo Monje