The Melgar Herald
Match5 Feb 2028
Ignacio Vallejos leads the rout of Juan Aurich
3‑0, and Ignacio Vallejos took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Melgar tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
The dugout7 Feb 2028
Nelson Cabanillas says Melgar went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings7 Feb 2028
A brace, and Ignacio Vallejos takes the afternoon — 7.87
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Ignacio Vallejos provided it, and the 7.87 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market7 Feb 2028
Only the photograph left for Jesús Alcantar
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Jesús Alcantar will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Melgar the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Graduation day at Melgar
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.
Market7 Feb 2028
Andre Abram steps up from the Melgar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Andre Abram 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
Renato Mora steps up from the Melgar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Renato Mora 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
Melgar promote Andre Reyna from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Andre Reyna 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.
Player ratings7 Feb 2028
A masterclass from Nicolás Quagliata
Marked 8.08 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
In brief
- Player ratings One of those days for Nelson Cabanillas
- Squad Words exchanged at Melgar
- The dugout Miguel Farfan: “That is the standard”