The Cerrito Post
Market11 Feb 2030
Gustavo Bortoli puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Cerrito, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad11 Feb 2030
A falling-out at Cerrito
Francisco Casanova and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market11 Feb 2030
Tomás Molinas is a Cerrito player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Boardroom11 Feb 2030
Graduation day at Cerrito
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.
Boardroom11 Feb 2030
Cerrito agree a free transfer for Matías Jaime
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Market11 Feb 2030
Bruno Suarez steps up from the Cerrito academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Bruno Suarez 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.
Market11 Feb 2030
One of our own: Bruno Torres joins the Cerrito first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bruno Torres is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad11 Feb 2030
Federico Fernandez out for 24 days
The medical room confirms 24 days on the sidelines for Federico Fernandez, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Boardroom11 Feb 2030
A promise the Cerrito board did not keep
There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.
In brief
- Squad Tomás Molinas signs on for more
- Squad Fabricio Silva falls out with a teammate over standards
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Adrián Portillo