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Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
🏆 Two pieces of good news for River ahead of the Cup
🏆 Two pieces of good news for River ahead of the Cup This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here. While the Millionaire is focused on the match in Ecuador against Barcelona SC, Marcelo Gallardo has received two great pieces of news. After completing the recovery period for his tear, Paulo Díaz is now fit to return and has already joined the team. On the other hand, the other key player that the Doll recovers is Gonzalo Montiel, who has overcome his muscle injury, suffered against Boca, and has already trained with the group. 📸 Daniel Jayo - 2025 Getty Images
Bloomberg
25-02-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
The Milei Effect: Million-Dollar Contracts Lure Argentine Soccer Stars Home
Mired in a seemingly never-ending series of economic crises, Argentina has, grudgingly, been exporting its top soccer players for decades. As passionate as the local fan base may be, the teams here simply never had enough financial might to compete with the contracts dangled by top foreign clubs. So when River Plate, a perennial power in the local league, threw down $10 million to lure star midfielder Sebastian Driussi back home in January, it raised eyebrows. The million-dollar signings kept coming and piled up quickly, one after the other: Gonzalo Montiel, the 2022 World Cup hero, joined Driussi at River in Buenos Aires; Alan Velasco signed with crosstown rivals Boca Juniors; and Facundo Farias landed at Estudiantes in nearby La Plata. Even some foreign-born stars — from Spain, Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica — cut big deals.
Reuters
30-01-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Late Montiel header helps River snatch 1-0 win over Instituto
Jan 29 (Reuters) - Gonzalo Montiel buried a diving header in the 90th minute to earn River Plate a 1-0 home win over Instituto in their Argentine Primera Division Apertura tournament clash at the Estadio Monumental on Wednesday. The win moved River up to sixth place in the Group B standings with four points from two games, one point ahead of seventh-placed Instituto. In an eventful first half, both teams had goals disallowed due to offsides and the match was interrupted for several minutes by technical issues, while River also had a penalty claim denied when Facundo Colidio went down in the box. Advertisement · Scroll to continue River looked set for a second straight draw to start the season until the 90th minute, when substitute Paulo Diaz's header from a corner hit the post and World Cup winner Montiel was on hand to nod home the rebound.
