The Independiente CG Chronicle
Squad8 Feb 2027
The knee: Daniel Benítez out for 101 days
101 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Independiente CG lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A one-man rearguard from Erwin González
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Vintage Diego Godoy — 8.09
At 34 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.09, and nobody on the pitch better.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
The Independiente CG board want somebody sold
The instruction has come from upstairs rather than from the dugout, which is the version of this conversation no manager enjoys. Somebody in that squad is now available whether the man who picks the team thinks so or not.
Match6 Feb 2027
Independiente CG make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Independiente CG have 3 straight wins of it.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Matías Bogado out for 14 days
The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Matías Bogado, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A falling-out at Independiente CG
Gustavo Medina and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
3 academy graduates step up at Independiente CG
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.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Fernando Balbuena joins the Independiente CG first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Fernando Balbuena is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Angel Martinez joins the Independiente CG first team
- Market Independiente CG promote Ivan Gimenez from within
- Match Diego Godoy sends Independiente CG past General Caballero JLM