The Portuguesa Gazette
Squad24 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Portuguesa
Jonathan Cañete and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Keiver Zúñiga runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Portuguesa training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Óscar González 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.
Match22 Aug 2026
Portuguesa refuse to lose to Llaneros
A point taken on 95 minutes is worth exactly one point and considerably more than that to a dressing room. This side does not stop, which is a reputation worth more than the result.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Ezequiel Gnemmi gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match22 Aug 2026
Honours even between Portuguesa and Llaneros
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Juan Gonzalez was not hiding it after 1‑1, and nobody in the Portuguesa dressing room was either.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
The plan did not have a place for Carlos Espinoza
Nobody at Portuguesa is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Ridenson Morillo scores his first for Portuguesa
The one goal every signing is asked about until it comes. It has come, and a press-conference question has been retired.
In brief
- Player ratings Wilfredo Peña changes it off the bench
- Squad Óscar González has company in his position
- Market The Rubén Rojas story refuses to die