The Cerro Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Cerro
Alejo Macelli and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Appearance number 500 for Damián Suárez
500 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
Cerro supporters have found a favourite in Ezequiel Forclaz
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Ezequiel Forclaz has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Alejandro Gomez joins the Cerro first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alejandro Gomez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Diego Pellistri steps up from the Cerro academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Diego Pellistri has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Daniel Olivera joins the Cerro first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Olivera is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Cerro promote Carlos Gimenez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Carlos Gimenez has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Match8 Aug 2026
Ezequiel Forclaz sends Cerro past Progreso
It finished 1‑0, and it was Ezequiel Forclaz’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Cerro.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Ezequiel Forclaz was the difference for Cerro
Marked 7.78. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
In brief
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Diego Capdevila
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Looking ahead Cerro take on the side everybody is chasing