The Junior Chronicle
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Age has not caught Yimmi Chará yet — 8.33
At 35 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.33 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
José Enamorado beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 26. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mauro Silveira signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mauro Silveira commits to Junior for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Luis Muriel 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 Junior this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jermein Peña has his eye on Europe
It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Junior can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
Market10 Aug 2026
Alejandro Lemos steps up from the Junior academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alejandro Lemos 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
Manuel Rios steps up from the Junior academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Manuel Rios 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
Javier Sinisterra steps up from the Junior academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Javier Sinisterra 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Junior find a way past Aguilas Doradas
Aguilas Doradas made Junior work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
In brief
- The dugout Gabriel Martinez has his say
- The dugout Mauro Silveira asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout Luis Muriel left out for tactical reasons at Junior