Marked for Jonathan Isasmendi
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market14 Sep 2026
Santiago Ruiz hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Cerrito can pretend not to have heard.
Squad14 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Cerrito this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market14 Sep 2026
The clock does Rodrigo Viega’s negotiating for him
4 months left, and both sides know what that means: every week without a signature, the fee Cerrito could ask drops and the wages Rodrigo Viega can ask rise.
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Crisis
Market3 Aug 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ignacio Yepez and Cerrito agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Jonathan Ferrari 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Joaquín Avilés, and the manager let it.
Market3 Aug 2026
“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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Still no offer on the table, and Roberto Hernández’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
One lapse, one goal, and ninety minutes of honest work counting for nothing. That is the job at Cerrito, and it is a cruel one.