The Godoy Cruz Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Atalanta come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Godoy Cruz did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Fabricio Oviedo was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 21. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Lucas Arce falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Godoy Cruz
Diego Viera 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Brian Orosco
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market10 Aug 2026
Godoy Cruz promote Chavo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Chavo 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Julián Lucero steps up from the Godoy Cruz academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Julián Lucero 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Liam Vidal joins the Godoy Cruz first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Liam Vidal is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match8 Aug 2026
Luca Martínez Dupuy the difference as Godoy Cruz beat Defensores
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Luca Martínez Dupuy. 1‑0 against Defensores, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
In brief
- Squad Luciano Pascual stays put
- Squad 15 new faces, and Godoy Cruz are still learning each other
- Player ratings Luca Martínez Dupuy stands above it all