The Portuguesa Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
Only the photograph left for José Calzadilla
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. José Calzadilla will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Portuguesa the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
José Calzadilla has agreed to leave Portuguesa for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jonathan Cañete in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Portuguesa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Roberto Otero joins the Portuguesa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Roberto Otero 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
Junior Martinez steps up from the Portuguesa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Junior Martinez 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
Portuguesa promote Andres Gonzalez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Andres Gonzalez 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.
In brief
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Portuguesa
- Squad Diego Castillo is a square peg at Portuguesa
- Squad Words at Portuguesa training over how hard people work
- The dugout Lautaro Lovazzano knocks on the manager's door