The Godoy Cruz Herald
Player ratings4 Feb 2030
Lucas Ferreira pops up at the right end — 7.68
7.68, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Squad4 Feb 2030
Tomás Pozzo 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 Godoy Cruz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market4 Feb 2030
As if he never left: Neffer Díaz returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Neffer Díaz is a Godoy Cruz player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Boardroom4 Feb 2030
5 academy graduates step up at Godoy Cruz
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad4 Feb 2030
A row about effort at Godoy Cruz
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Facundo Altamira was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match2 Feb 2030
Lucas Ferreira sends Godoy Cruz past Newell's Old Boys
It finished 2‑1, and it was Lucas Ferreira’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Godoy Cruz.
Market4 Feb 2030
Godoy Cruz promote Mateo Ramírez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mateo Ramírez 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.
Market4 Feb 2030
Valentino Cohen steps up from the Godoy Cruz academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Valentino Cohen 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.
Market4 Feb 2030
Juan Arce steps up from the Godoy Cruz academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Juan Arce 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.
In brief
- Squad Elián Báez signs on for more
- Player ratings The game went through Vicente Poggi — 7.23
- The dugout A promise honoured for Bruno Leyes