The Portuguesa Gazette
Market24 Jan 2028
Cristian Ordóñez 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 The request is on a desk at Portuguesa, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings24 Jan 2028
A brace, and Jonathan Cañete takes the afternoon — 8.42
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Jonathan Cañete provided it, and the 8.42 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
The dugout24 Jan 2028
Andrés Panesso keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Portuguesa may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings24 Jan 2028
Óscar González ran the middle of the pitch — 7.58
He won it back and then made something of it, which is two jobs and the reason the scoreline looks the way it does. 15 combined actions and a mark of 7.58, and not one of them will make a highlights package.
Squad24 Jan 2028
A falling-out at Portuguesa
Jonathan Cañete and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom24 Jan 2028
Graduation day at Portuguesa
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.
Match22 Jan 2028
Still nobody has beaten Portuguesa
The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad24 Jan 2028
A row about effort at Portuguesa
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Óscar González was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets24 Jan 2028
Portuguesa rebuffed over Juan Pablo Torres
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Atletico Nacional have kept their man, and Portuguesa go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
In brief
- Market Portuguesa promote Junior Herrera from within
- Market Darwin Rondon steps up from the Portuguesa academy
- Market One of our own: Luis Ramirez joins the Portuguesa first team