The Independiente Rivadavia Gazette
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Rodrigo Atencio says Independiente Rivadavia went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
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. Stefano Moreyra 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.
The terraces8 Feb 2027
The crowd has taken to Nicolás Bolcato
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market8 Feb 2027
Independiente Rivadavia promote Juan Martín Costa from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Juan Martín Costa 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
Capo steps up from the Independiente Rivadavia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Capo 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
Pepe steps up from the Independiente Rivadavia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Pepe 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
One of our own: Zurdo joins the Independiente Rivadavia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Zurdo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
The ground is getting bigger
The plans are signed off at a capacity of 11149. Decisions like this are judged twenty years later, by people who were not in the room when they were taken.
In brief
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Independiente Rivadavia
- Squad A falling-out at Independiente Rivadavia
- The dugout Stefano Moreyra knocks on the manager's door