The Godoy Cruz Herald
Market3 Aug 2026
Godoy Cruz say no — this time
The offer from Kalmar FF for Matías Ramírez was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market3 Aug 2026
Nahuel Ulariaga attracts admirers
The name of Nahuel Ulariaga has come up in conversations Godoy Cruz were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Agustín Villalobos
Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Esteban Burgos has been here 8 seasons
270 appearances across 8 seasons in one shirt. Nobody builds a career like that on purpose any more; it happens to a certain kind of footballer at a certain kind of club.
Market3 Aug 2026
Nahuel Ulariaga 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Godoy Cruz may not be able to give Matías Ramírez what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Matías Ramírez wants continental football; whether Godoy Cruz can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Vicente Poggi signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Vicente Poggi commits to Godoy Cruz for another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Vicente Poggi in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Godoy Cruz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Lucas Arce falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Luciano Pascual
- Match Godoy Cruz see off Talleres
- Player ratings A masterclass from Daniel Barrea