The Independiente Rivadavia Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
Independiente Rivadavia turn down FC Tokyo for Marcos Narváez
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
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 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Independiente Rivadavia
Álex Arce 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Matías Fernández the difference as Independiente Rivadavia beat Tigre
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Matías Fernández. 1‑0 against Tigre, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Matías Fernández at his very best
Marked 8.07. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Independiente Rivadavia.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tomás Bottari 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
9 new faces, and Independiente Rivadavia are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
Market10 Aug 2026
A long bet from Independiente Rivadavia on Hernán Quiroga
He is 16, and nobody at Independiente Rivadavia signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Independiente Rivadavia sign Raúl Ponce, one for the future
Raúl Ponce is 14, and Independiente Rivadavia have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Market Independiente Rivadavia buy the years ahead of Diego Castillo
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Gonzalo Ríos