The Independiente Rivadavia Gazette
Squad2 Aug 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Miguel Ángel Martínez
53 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Independiente Rivadavia lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad2 Aug 2027
A fracture rules Benjamín Russo out for 19 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Independiente Rivadavia will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market2 Aug 2027
Tomás Muro puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Independiente Rivadavia, and it is not being withdrawn.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
Bautista Godoy has agreed to leave Independiente Rivadavia for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Nicolás Orsini stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Nicolás Orsini and Independiente Rivadavia agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Transfer targets2 Aug 2027
Rodrigo Sosa stays at Atlanta as time runs out
A deal that was a phone call from completion at lunchtime was dead by midnight. Independiente Rivadavia will try again when the window opens; Atlanta may not be selling by then.
Market2 Aug 2027
Independiente Rivadavia promote Bocha from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bocha 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.
Market2 Aug 2027
One of our own: Juan Pablo Bruno joins the Independiente Rivadavia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Juan Pablo Bruno is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market2 Aug 2027
Tano steps up from the Independiente Rivadavia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tano 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
- Match Argentinos Juniors take the points off Independiente Rivadavia
- The dugout Nicolás Orsini gets it from the manager
- Squad Gonzalo Maffini in a row with a teammate