The Independiente Rivadavia Gazette
Match5 Feb 2028
No end in sight to Independiente Rivadavia's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Independiente Rivadavia has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Tempers go at Independiente Rivadavia
Sebastián Villa was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
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.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Tomás Bottari falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match5 Feb 2028
Gonzalo Ríos’s goal not enough for Independiente Rivadavia
Gonzalo Ríos scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Banfield, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Sebastián Villa 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
Eyes on Fernando Bravo again
The phone has started ringing about Fernando Bravo again, and this time the name on the line is Baniyas. Independiente Rivadavia are listening politely and promising nothing.
Market7 Feb 2028
Independiente Rivadavia promote Juan Pablo Herrera from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Juan Pablo Herrera 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
One of our own: Maximiliano Ruiz joins the Independiente Rivadavia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Maximiliano Ruiz is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Roberto Quiroga joins the Independiente Rivadavia first team
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Gonzalo Ríos at his very best
- Player ratings Fernando Romero leaves them behind him