The Olimpia Courier
Match6 Feb 2027
Olimpia run riot against General Diaz
3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Braian Romero scores twice — 8.28
Two goals and a mark of 8.28 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market8 Feb 2027
Marino Arzamendia 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 Olimpia can pretend not to have heard.
Match6 Feb 2027
Olimpia make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Olimpia have 3 straight wins of it.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Olimpia
Gastón Olveira 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.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Nobody could get near Derlis Gonzalez
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market8 Feb 2027
Olimpia may not be able to give Franco Alfonso what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Franco Alfonso wants continental football; whether Olimpia can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Olimpia
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market8 Feb 2027
Pablo Santa Cruz steps up from the Olimpia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Pablo Santa Cruz 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Hugo Valdez joins the Olimpia first team
- Squad Words at Olimpia training over how hard people work
- Player ratings A masterclass from Franco Alfonso