The Cerrito Post
Player ratings14 Feb 2028
Owen Falconis scores twice — 8.77
Two goals and a mark of 8.77 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Match12 Feb 2028
8 unbeaten for Cerrito
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Cerrito did not have in the autumn.
Squad14 Feb 2028
A falling-out at Cerrito
Owen Falconis and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom14 Feb 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Cerrito
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Match12 Feb 2028
Cerrito see off Tacuarembo
Three points for Cerrito, 2‑1 the final word against Tacuarembo in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Match12 Feb 2028
Another one collected away from home
3 on the bounce on the road for Cerrito. The coaches leave early, arrive at unlovely grounds in the dark, and keep coming home with three points.
Market14 Feb 2028
Cerrito promote Fernando Gimenez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Fernando Gimenez 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.
Market14 Feb 2028
Ramon Gomez steps up from the Cerrito academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ramon Gomez 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.
Market14 Feb 2028
One of our own: Facundo Nunez joins the Cerrito first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Facundo Nunez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Leonardo Morales steps up from the Cerrito academy
- The dugout Luis Barbat gets it from the manager
- Match Nobody wins at Cerrito