The Independiente Rivadavia Gazette
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Independiente Rivadavia
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Independiente Rivadavia training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Iván Villalba is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market8 Feb 2027
Independiente Rivadavia promote José Luis Cohen from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. José Luis Cohen 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Fernando Colombo steps up from the Independiente Rivadavia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Fernando Colombo 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Independiente Rivadavia promote Rulo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Rulo 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Eduardo Quiroga joins the Independiente Rivadavia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Eduardo Quiroga is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match6 Feb 2027
Independiente Rivadavia get the job done against Belgrano
A 1‑0 win over Belgrano, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Victorio Ramis in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Independiente Rivadavia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Independiente Rivadavia are making the ground bigger
Work is signed off on a capacity of 11149. It is the sort of decision a club is judged on twenty years later, by people who were not there when it was taken.
In brief
- Squad Alfredo Trejo out for 28 days
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Matías Fernández
- Squad No hiding place for Leonel Bucca