The River Plate Gazette
Squad15 Feb 2027
Mauro Estol damages knee ligaments — 37 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 37 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Nicolás Montiel, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.64
A mark of 7.64 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Match13 Feb 2027
No end in sight to River Plate's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at River Plate has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Tempers go at River Plate
Carlos Rodríguez 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.
Boardroom15 Feb 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at River Plate
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.
The terraces15 Feb 2027
The crowd has taken to Nicolás Montiel
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Squad15 Feb 2027
No hiding place for Carlos Rodríguez
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Carlos Rodríguez, and the manager let it.
Market15 Feb 2027
Sebastian Diaz steps up from the River Plate academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sebastian Diaz 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
River Plate promote Facundo Rodriguez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Facundo Rodriguez 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 Fernando Hernandez steps up from the River Plate academy
- Market One of our own: Luis Suarez joins the River Plate first team
- Match Nicolás Montiel rescues a point for River Plate