The Sportivo Italiano Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Braian Álvarez would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Braian Álvarez is living that version at Sportivo Italiano, and it tends to show in the first month.
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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Kevin Giménez sends Sportivo Italiano past Argentino de Quilmes
It finished 2‑0, and it was Kevin Giménez’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Sportivo Italiano.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sportivo Italiano promote Nicolás Ferrari from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nicolás 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 Miguel Ángel Villalba from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Miguel Ángel Villalba 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 Agustín Silva from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Agustín Silva 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
Iván Martínez steps up from the Sportivo Italiano academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Iván Martínez 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Kevin Giménez
Marked 8.36 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad10 Aug 2026
100 appearances for Kevin Giménez
100 games in these colours. Service of that kind gets rarer every season, and the crowd knows it.
In brief
- Squad This league is too small for Braian Álvarez
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout No hiding place for Juan Cruz de Cuadro