The Olimpia Courier
Squad2 Nov 2026
Richard Sánchez damages knee ligaments — 103 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 103 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market2 Nov 2026
Juan Ángel Vera is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Olimpia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Olimpia
Luciano Lollo and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Adrian Barrios signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Adrian Barrios and Olimpia agree another 5 years.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Braian Romero
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Braian Romero, and the manager let it.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Olimpia
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mateo Gamarra was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Derlis Gonzalez has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Olimpia will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
A door opens for Richard Ortiz
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
Market2 Nov 2026
Talks stall between Olimpia and Juan Ángel Vera
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
In brief
- Market Olimpia shop where it costs nothing
- The dugout Esteban Matus asks for a word with the manager
- Market The shop window has Leonel Müller in it