The Independiente Herald
Match12 Aug 2028
A 2-goal lead gone for Independiente
It is a specific kind of quiet, a ground watching a winning position dissolve. San Lorenzo kept coming because nothing stopped them, and Independiente will be asked about the last half hour all week.
Player ratings14 Aug 2028
Ignacio Pussetto scores twice — 8.97
Two goals and a mark of 8.97 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market14 Aug 2028
Only the photograph left for Diego Segovia
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Diego Segovia will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Independiente the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad14 Aug 2028
A falling-out at Independiente
Rodrigo Rey and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings14 Aug 2028
Imanol Machuca runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Jonathan De Irastorza signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jonathan De Irastorza and Independiente agree another 5 years.
The dugout14 Aug 2028
The manager makes an example of Rodrigo Rey
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market14 Aug 2028
José Castillo steps up from the Independiente academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. José Castillo 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 Aug 2028
Cristian Otero steps up from the Independiente academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Cristian Otero 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 Benjamín Moretti steps up from the Independiente academy
- Squad Santiago Arias falls out with a teammate over standards
- Match Independiente and San Lorenzo take a point apiece