The Sport Huancayo Sentinel
Match3 Mar 2027
Juan Martínez sends Sport Huancayo through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Juan Martínez obliged against UTC. 1‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Sport Huancayo.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Yonatan Murillo signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Yonatan Murillo commits to Sport Huancayo for another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Sport Huancayo
Jeremy Canela was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Nahuel Luján 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.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Ronal Huaccha beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 20. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
The terraces8 Mar 2027
The crowd has taken to Juan Martínez
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
No hiding place for Angel Zamudio
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Angel Zamudio, and the manager let it.
Match6 Mar 2027
Melgar take the points off Sport Huancayo
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market8 Mar 2027
Jorge Cabezudo wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
In brief
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Juan Martínez at his very best
- Squad Giuseppe Valdeavellano wants to go home
- The dugout The view from the dugout