The Deportivo Pereira Herald
Squad17 Apr 2028
A knee injury of the worst kind for Rafael Diaz
14 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Deportivo Pereira lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The dugout17 Apr 2028
David Contreras keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Deportivo Pereira may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market17 Apr 2028
Giancarlo García 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 Deportivo Pereira can pretend not to have heard.
Match15 Apr 2028
The wait goes on for Deportivo Pereira
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Match15 Apr 2028
Deportivo Pereira come up short against Junior
Junior left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout17 Apr 2028
The manager makes an example of Jonathan Marulanda
“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.
The dugout17 Apr 2028
Fernando Rios answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Words exchanged at Deportivo Pereira
Santiago Mosquera and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Player ratings17 Apr 2028
Emerson Batalla runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Deportivo Pereira
- The dugout Eduardo Esterilla knocks on the manager's door
- Looking ahead Marcos Acuña goes back to face Jaguares