Ignacio Yepez

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Cerrito
4 Apr 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Ignacio Yepez

35 Edition

The Cerrito Post

29 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Cerrito lose Roberto Hernández

47 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Rodrigo Viega in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Cerrito this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ignacio Yepez

Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Rodrigo Viega sends Cerrito past Colon

It finished 1‑0, and it was Rodrigo Viega’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Cerrito.

Squad

Ignacio Yepez is carrying Cerrito

7 goals and a season average of 7.20. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Player ratings

Rodrigo Viega stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.65 on the card, and the Cerrito support went home talking about one name.

The dugout

Ivan Hernandez has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Ivan Hernandez on a 1‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

The dugout

Francisco Casanova gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Francisco Casanova is on it.

The dugout

Joaquín Avilés asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

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34 Edition

The Cerrito Post

22 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

12 saves: Francisco Casanova was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 12 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Match

The cup run ends for Cerrito

1‑5 against Danubio, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

The terraces

A cup hiding at Danubio leaves Cerrito explaining themselves

1-5, and long before the end the away end had switched from encouragement to something considerably more pointed. Nobody rings a phone-in about losing narrowly.

Squad

Cerrito lose Santiago Viera

14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Words exchanged at Cerrito

Francisco Casanova 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.

Match

Ignacio Yepez among the goals in a wild afternoon

6 goals in one match, Ignacio Yepez on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Cerrito and Danubio.

Squad

A row about effort at Cerrito

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Santiago Viera was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of Ignacio Yepez at his very best

Marked 8.17. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Cerrito.

The dugout

No hiding place for Rodrigo Viega

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Rodrigo Viega, and the manager let it.

In brief

  • Boardroom Wages eat 105% of everything Cerrito earn
  • Boardroom Nobody left the Cerrito dressing room in a hurry
  • The dugout Ivan Hernandez faces the questions
33 Edition

The Cerrito Post

15 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

A brace, and Ignacio Yepez takes the afternoon — 9.26

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Ignacio Yepez provided it, and the 9.26 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Squad

A falling-out at Cerrito

Francisco Casanova and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match

Cerrito get the job done against Uruguay Montevideo

A 3‑2 win over Uruguay Montevideo, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

A row about effort at Cerrito

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Santiago Viera was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

No hiding place for Axel Pérez

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Axel Pérez, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of Axel Pérez at his very best

Marked 8.29. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Cerrito.

Player ratings

Santiago Viera beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 17. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout

Ivan Hernandez has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Ivan Hernandez on a 3‑2 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

The dugout

Joaquín Avilés left out for tactical reasons at Cerrito

The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

In brief

32 Edition

The Cerrito Post

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Cerrito tear Artigas apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3‑0 against Artigas, and it could have been more.

Player ratings

Matías Soto, 35, rolls back the years — 7.85

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.85 at 35, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Squad

Francisco Casanova in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Cerrito this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Matías Soto signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Matías Soto and Cerrito agree another 2 years.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of Ignacio Yepez at his very best

Marked 8.73. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Cerrito.

Market

Jonathan Alvarez steps up from the Cerrito academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jonathan Alvarez 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.

The dugout

Owen Falconis gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Words at Cerrito training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tiago Simoni 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.

Player ratings

Axel Pérez beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 15. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

In brief

31 Edition

The Cerrito Post

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Santiago Viera was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 25. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Squad

Words exchanged at Cerrito

Axel Pérez 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.

Squad

A row about effort at Cerrito

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Santiago Viera was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The terraces

Cerrito supporters have found a favourite in Tiago Simoni

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Tiago Simoni has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Joaquín Avilés

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings

Tiago Simoni takes the honours

Marked 7.26 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Cerrito had the best player on the pitch.

The dugout

Half-satisfied: Ivan Hernandez on the draw

“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.

Squad

The weekend belonged to Ignacio Yepez

Player of the week, judged against every other man in the division. A small award, and one most careers never collect.

The dugout

No place in the plan for Joaquín Avilés

The manager wanted a different profile for this opponent, which is a real football reason and no consolation. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

In brief

30 Edition

The Cerrito Post

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Ignacio Yepez scores twice — 9.82

Two goals and a mark of 9.82 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Squad

Tempers go at Cerrito

Axel Pérez 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.

Match

Cerrito see off Deportivo Maldonado

Three points for Cerrito, 4‑3 the final word against Deportivo Maldonado in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Match

7 goals as Cerrito and Deportivo Maldonado go for it

Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 7 goals between Cerrito and Deportivo Maldonado, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.

Squad

Words at Cerrito training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Santiago Viera 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.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Emanuel Dall'Aglio

At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Player ratings

Emanuel Dall'Aglio was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.07. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

The dugout

Luis Machado gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Boardroom

Wages swallow 97% of the Cerrito income

Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.

In brief

29 Edition

The Cerrito Post

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

No end in sight to Cerrito's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Cerrito has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Emanuel Dall'Aglio in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Cerrito this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

A bad afternoon for Cerrito against Fenix

1‑2 to Fenix, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout

Francisco Casanova gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Tiago Simoni 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.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 1‑2 defeat, delivered by Ivan Hernandez to a room that had heard them before.

Boardroom

Cerrito turn down the training-ground plan

It is the quietest way a club tells you what its ambitions are. The money was asked for, the money was refused, and the people who work there every day now know exactly where they stand.

Squad

Ignacio Yepez finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Cerrito have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

The dugout

Axel Pérez left out for tactical reasons at Cerrito

The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

In brief

9 Edition

The Cerrito Post

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A falling-out at Cerrito

Francisco Casanova and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

A row about effort at Cerrito

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Santiago Viera was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

Cerrito are still strangers to each other

26 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

In brief

3 Edition

The Cerrito Post

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The cup run ends for Cerrito

0‑1 against Cerro, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Squad

Tempers go at Cerrito

Francisco Casanova 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.

Squad

A row about effort at Cerrito

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Santiago Viera was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑1 defeat, delivered by Ivan Hernandez to a room that had heard them before.

The dugout

Ignacio Yepez does not fit this one

Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.

The dugout

Roberto Hernández asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Player ratings

Facundo Barreto runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 10. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Santiago Ruiz placed on the list

Cerrito have made Santiago Ruiz available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

Market

Mathías Rodríguez runs his contract down

5 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Cerrito money.

In brief

2 Edition

The Cerrito Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A falling-out at Cerrito

Francisco Casanova and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match

A bad afternoon for Cerrito against La Luz

1‑2 to La Luz, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout

Francisco Casanova gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

One of our own: Diego Suarez joins the Cerrito first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Diego Suarez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Cerrito promote Andres Martinez from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Andres Martinez 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.

Market

Ivan Bentancur steps up from the Cerrito academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ivan Bentancur 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.

Market

One of our own: Marcelo Da Silva joins the Cerrito first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marcelo Da Silva is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

The dugout

Ivan Hernandez: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

Player ratings

Ignacio Yepez was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 14. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

In brief

1 Edition

The Cerrito Post

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Chastening afternoon for Cerrito

A 0‑3 beating by Oriental was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Squad

Ignacio Yepez stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Ignacio Yepez and Cerrito agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

A falling-out at Cerrito

Jonathan Ferrari and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Santiago Viera 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.

Player ratings

Román Ugarriza runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Boardroom

Nobody left the Cerrito dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

Market

49 months and counting on Santiago Viera

Still no offer on the table, and Santiago Viera’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

Squad

Too much change too quickly at Cerrito

26 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑3 defeat, delivered by Ivan Hernandez to a room that had heard them before.

In brief