The Deportivo Riestra Courier
Squad5 Feb 2029
7 saves: Ignacio Arce was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Match3 Feb 2029
No end in sight to Deportivo Riestra's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Deportivo Riestra has to find a result from somewhere.
Market5 Feb 2029
Rodrigo Russo puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Deportivo Riestra, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout5 Feb 2029
Cristian Paz frozen out at Deportivo Riestra
This is not rotation. Cristian Paz has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Deportivo Riestra is pretending otherwise.
Transfer targets5 Feb 2029
The paperwork begins on Willian Amaral
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Deportivo Riestra have done the hard part with Cruzeiro, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
7 academy players handed senior numbers at Deportivo Riestra
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.
Transfer targets5 Feb 2029
Deportivo Riestra rebuffed over Lautaro Vargas
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Racing Club have kept their man, and Deportivo Riestra go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout5 Feb 2029
Gabriel Obredor 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.
Market5 Feb 2029
Deportivo Riestra promote Chapa from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Chapa 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 Mateo Lombardi steps up from the Deportivo Riestra academy
- Market Deportivo Riestra promote Leonardo Paz from within
- Match A bad afternoon for Deportivo Riestra against Independiente