The Independiente Rivadavia Gazette
Squad5 Feb 2029
A fracture rules Leonard Costa out for 58 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Independiente Rivadavia will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match3 Feb 2029
Nobody wins at Independiente Rivadavia
12 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Tempers go at Independiente Rivadavia
Álex Arce was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Graduation day at Independiente Rivadavia
6 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Words at Independiente Rivadavia training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gonzalo Ríos is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market5 Feb 2029
One of our own: Gabriel Rossi joins the Independiente Rivadavia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gabriel Rossi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market5 Feb 2029
Independiente Rivadavia promote Cristian Benítez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Cristian Benítez 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.
Market5 Feb 2029
Raúl Moretti steps up from the Independiente Rivadavia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Raúl Moretti 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.
Market5 Feb 2029
One of our own: Benjamín Correa joins the Independiente Rivadavia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Benjamín Correa is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Boardroom The ground is getting bigger
- Boardroom A promise the Independiente Rivadavia board did not keep
- Squad No hiding place for Iván Valdez