The Cerro Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
Nahuel Arena 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 Cerro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Appearance number 500 for Damián Suárez
500 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.
Match8 Aug 2026
Penarol take the points off Cerro
Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market10 Aug 2026
Cerro promote Andres Mendez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Andres Mendez 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Cerro promote Marcelo Pereira from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Marcelo Pereira 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Cerro promote Rafael Suarez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Rafael Suarez 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Carlos Santos steps up from the Cerro academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Carlos Santos 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mario Risso is a square peg at Cerro
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Cerro are still strangers to each other
14 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Nahuel Sena
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Ezequiel Forclaz