The Sportivo Italiano Gazette
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Juan Cruz de Cuadro
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Lionel Laborda 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 Sportivo Italiano this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Alexander Zurita
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alexander Zurita, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ricardo Di María steps up from the Sportivo Italiano academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ricardo Di María 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Lio joins the Sportivo Italiano first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Lio 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
Sportivo Italiano promote Valentín Ferrari from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Valentín Ferrari 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sportivo Italiano promote Valentino Torres from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Valentino Torres 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Argentino de Quilmes snatch it back from Sportivo Italiano
A goal on 93 minutes turned three points into one and a good afternoon into an argument about game management that will run until Saturday.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mariano Peralta Bauer has outgrown this division
There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Sportivo Italiano know it, and so does everybody who watches him.
In brief
- Squad Sportivo Italiano are still strangers to each other
- Match Honours even between Sportivo Italiano and Argentino de Quilmes
- The dugout Facundo Campos on the point