The Deportivo Pereira Herald
Squad21 Aug 2028
7 saves: Marcos Acuña was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Deportivo Pereira
Marcos Acuña 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.
Match19 Aug 2028
Deportivo Pereira get the job done against Deportivo Cali
A 2‑1 win over Deportivo Cali, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Samuel Solorzano signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Samuel Solorzano commits to Deportivo Pereira for another 4 years.
The dugout21 Aug 2028
Fernando Rios: “That is the standard”
“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 2‑1, already talking about the next one.
The dugout21 Aug 2028
The manager makes an example of Santiago Rey
“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.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Words at Deportivo Pereira training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Felipe Sinisterra 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.
The dugout21 Aug 2028
Santiago Aguilar knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Santiago Aguilar trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Looking ahead21 Aug 2028
Yeison Suárez faces his old club
Junior next, and one man in the Deportivo Pereira dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
In brief
- The dugout Sebastián Urrea left out for tactical reasons at Deportivo Pereira
- Player ratings Jorge Juárez runs at them all day
- Market Yuber Quiñónes placed on the list