The Godoy Cruz Herald
Market4 Feb 2030
Ramiro Martínez 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.
Market4 Feb 2030
Bruno Leyes wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Godoy Cruz hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad4 Feb 2030
Junior Marabel signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Junior Marabel and Godoy Cruz agree another 3 years.
Squad4 Feb 2030
Words exchanged at Godoy Cruz
Junior Marabel 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.
Boardroom4 Feb 2030
5 academy graduates step up at Godoy Cruz
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.
Squad4 Feb 2030
A row about effort at Godoy Cruz
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Facundo Altamira was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings4 Feb 2030
Facundo Altamira was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 20. 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.
Match2 Feb 2030
Godoy Cruz come up short against River Plate
River Plate left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market4 Feb 2030
Daniel Martínez steps up from the Godoy Cruz academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Martínez 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Pipe joins the Godoy Cruz first team
- Boardroom A promise the Godoy Cruz board did not keep
- The dugout Interim Coach faces the questions