The Godoy Cruz Herald
Player ratings7 Feb 2028
Nobody could get near Tomás Pozzo
Successful dribbles: 29. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Juan Andrada keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Godoy Cruz may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market7 Feb 2028
Matías Funes hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Godoy Cruz can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Franco Aguirre signs on for the long haul
Godoy Cruz moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Franco Aguirre, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Vicente Poggi 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.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Godoy Cruz
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Words at Godoy Cruz training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bruno Leyes 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 terraces7 Feb 2028
Godoy Cruz supporters have found a favourite in Mateo Mendoza
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Mateo Mendoza has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market7 Feb 2028
Godoy Cruz promote Pedro Navarro from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Pedro Navarro 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Beto joins the Godoy Cruz first team
- Market Juan Manuel Sánchez steps up from the Godoy Cruz academy
- Squad No hiding place for Francisco Gerometta