The River Plate Gazette
Player ratings16 Apr 2035
Thiago Brizuela runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match14 Apr 2035
5 matches without a win for River Plate
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around River Plate are no longer polite ones.
Market16 Apr 2035
Ian Colina is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at River Plate is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match14 Apr 2035
4 matches without a goal for River Plate
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad16 Apr 2035
Tempers go at River Plate
Vitinho 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.
Squad16 Apr 2035
Words at River Plate training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Rodrigo Cabrera 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.
In brief
- Squad River Plate count the cost of losing Mathias Cabrera
- Squad No hiding place for Tobías Lucero
- Match River Plate draw a blank against Liverpool Montevideo