The Rampla Juniors Herald
Squad14 Feb 2028
A knee injury of the worst kind for Yhojan Díaz
102 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Rampla Juniors lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The dugout14 Feb 2028
Pablo Negro Villarreal: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Rampla Juniors have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Player ratings14 Feb 2028
Leonardo Olavarría was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 26. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Words exchanged at Rampla Juniors
Nicolás Milesi and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom14 Feb 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Rampla Juniors
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market14 Feb 2028
Daniel Cabrera steps up from the Rampla Juniors academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Cabrera 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.
Market14 Feb 2028
One of our own: Alejandro Pereira joins the Rampla Juniors first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alejandro Pereira is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market14 Feb 2028
One of our own: Cristian Mendez joins the Rampla Juniors first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Cristian Mendez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market14 Feb 2028
Rampla Juniors promote Gonzalo Martinez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gonzalo Martinez 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
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Sebastián Cal
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Rampla Juniors
- Match Rampla Juniors share the spoils with Atenas