The Deportivo Riestra Courier
Squad1 Feb 2027
81 days out for Nicolás Caro Torres after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Deportivo Riestra will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Deportivo Riestra
Mariano Bracamonte 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.
Market1 Feb 2027
Deportivo Riestra promote Andrés Herrera from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Andrés Herrera 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.
Market1 Feb 2027
Deportivo Riestra promote Daniel Ojeda from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Ojeda 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.
Market1 Feb 2027
One of our own: Mario Arce joins the Deportivo Riestra first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mario Arce is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market1 Feb 2027
Deportivo Riestra promote Luis Alberto Medina from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luis Alberto Medina 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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Deportivo Riestra
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Rodrigo Sayavedra was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout1 Feb 2027
Rodrigo Gallo gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout1 Feb 2027
Nicolás Caro Torres is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
In brief
- The dugout Pablo Monje knocks on the manager’s door
- Squad Rodrigo Gallo moves up the pecking order
- The dugout A door opens for Gabriel Obredor