The Independiente Herald
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Vintage Santiago Arias — 7.87
At 34 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 7.87, and nobody on the pitch better.
Market10 Aug 2026
Independiente say no — this time
The offer from Panionios for Mateo Pérez Curci was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Thiago Mastrolorenzo signs for Flandria while still at Independiente
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Thiago Mastrolorenzo has agreed terms with Flandria for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Santiago Montiel signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Santiago Montiel commits to Independiente for another 4 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
Thiago Mastrolorenzo is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Independiente is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Independiente
Rodrigo Rey and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Santiago Montiel 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Daniel Vega joins the Independiente first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Vega is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Independiente promote Leonardo Cabrera from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Leonardo Cabrera 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.
In brief
- Match Independiente find a way past Vélez
- Squad Words at Independiente training over how hard people work
- The dugout Bruno Sosa: “That is the standard”