The Sport Huancayo Sentinel
Squad8 Feb 2027
Yorleys Mena 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 Sport Huancayo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Nobody could get near Jeremy Canela
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Sport Huancayo
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
Words at Sport Huancayo training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nahuel Luján is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Jimmy Valoyes gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market8 Feb 2027
Gabriel Cartagena steps up from the Sport Huancayo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gabriel Cartagena 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Victor Trauco joins the Sport Huancayo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Victor Trauco 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
One of our own: Luis Carrillo joins the Sport Huancayo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Luis Carrillo 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
Beto Caceda steps up from the Sport Huancayo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Beto Caceda 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.
In brief
- Match Sporting Cristal take the points off Sport Huancayo
- Squad The plan did not have a place for Juan Barreda
- Boardroom Sport Huancayo spend it where nobody looks