The Cerro Post
Market12 Feb 2029
Bruno Morales puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Cerro, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match10 Feb 2029
The wait goes on for Cerro
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Words exchanged at Cerro
Ezequiel Naya and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Cerro
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.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Words at Cerro training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Agustín Medina 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.
Transfer targets12 Feb 2029
Deportivo Italiano tell Cerro: Renzo Fernández is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The dugout12 Feb 2029
No hiding place for Alejo Macelli
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alejo Macelli, and the manager let it.
Market12 Feb 2029
Ignacio Rios steps up from the Cerro academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ignacio Rios 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.
Market12 Feb 2029
Luis Pereira steps up from the Cerro academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luis Pereira 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
- Market Maximiliano Garcia steps up from the Cerro academy
- Match Cerro come up short against Montevideo City Torque
- Boardroom Cerro board go back on their word