Carlos Di María

Defensive Midfielder - Free Agent
18 Mar 2028
Saturday
Process

Marked for Carlos Di María

2 Edition

The Independiente Rivadavia Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Álex Arce signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Álex Arce and Independiente Rivadavia agree another 4 years.

Squad

Words exchanged at Independiente Rivadavia

Iván Villalba and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Market

Fernando Bravo moves on

Mallorca pay $380.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Market

One of our own: Carlos Di María joins the Independiente Rivadavia first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Carlos Di María is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

One of our own: Federico Godoy joins the Independiente Rivadavia first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Federico Godoy is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Independiente Rivadavia promote Emiliano Vázquez from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Emiliano Vázquez 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.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Maximiliano Salas

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

The dugout

Álex Arce knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Álex Arce trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Cristian Costa chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.

In brief