The Sporting Cristal Herald
Market8 Feb 2027
Leandro Sosa wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Sporting Cristal
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Sporting Cristal
Christofer Gonzáles 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Sporting Cristal promote Jesus Pena from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jesus Pena 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Kevin Caceda joins the Sporting Cristal first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kevin Caceda is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
Sporting Cristal promote Nelson Advincula from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nelson Advincula 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.
Match6 Feb 2027
Sporting Cristal get the job done against Sport Huancayo
A 1‑0 win over Sport Huancayo, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Juan Cruz González falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Santiago González in the eights
A performance of 8.08 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
In brief
- Player ratings A masterclass from Juan Cruz González
- Player ratings Christofer Gonzáles runs at them all day
- Squad When it matters, Felipe Vizeu plays