The Portuguesa Gazette
Match19 Jun 2027
Jonathan Cañete leads the rout of Zulia
4‑0, and Jonathan Cañete took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Portuguesa tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Squad21 Jun 2027
A day Jonathan Cañete will not forget
3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Player ratings21 Jun 2027
Age has not caught Johan Moreno yet — 8.38
At 36 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.38 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Tempers go at Portuguesa
Jonathan Cañete 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.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Johan Moreno 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.
Market21 Jun 2027
Arcángel Oliveros attracts admirers
The name of Arcángel Oliveros has come up in conversations Portuguesa were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market21 Jun 2027
Cristian Ramirez steps up from the Portuguesa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Cristian Ramirez 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.
Market21 Jun 2027
Portuguesa promote Junior Arango from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Junior Arango 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.
Market21 Jun 2027
Portuguesa promote Sergio Rondon from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sergio Rondon 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.
In brief
- Match Portuguesa make home a hard place to visit
- Player ratings Jonathan Cañete was on a different afternoon to everybody else
- Squad No hiding place for Wilfredo Peña