From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad28 Aug 2028
Sebastián Tormo: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Cerro have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad28 Aug 2028
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad28 Aug 2028
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad24 Jul 2028
The medical room confirms 39 days on the sidelines for Lucas da Cruz, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Jairo Amaro left out for the big one
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Jairo Amaro will call it something else in private.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Nahuel Soria 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market3 Jul 2028
Central Espanol are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Cerro will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Match1 Jul 2028
Cerro and Racing take a point apiece
It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad3 Jul 2028
Álbaro Polo 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.
Squad3 Jul 2028
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market3 Jul 2028
Cerro have made Agustín Miranda available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Squad3 Jul 2028
Iván Valenzuela asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match24 Jun 2028
Fenix take the points off Cerro
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad26 Jun 2028
The manager makes an example of Mateo Rivero
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad26 Jun 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Cerro, and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match3 Jun 2028
No end in sight to Cerro's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Cerro has to find a result from somewhere.
Match3 Jun 2028
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad5 Jun 2028
Nahuel Sena 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.
The terraces5 Jun 2028
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
Squad5 Jun 2028
A new face in his position, and Nicolás Garayalde suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Cerro have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Squad5 Jun 2028
Nahuel Soria knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Cerro, and both men came out saying it was fine.