It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Cesar Vallejo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Words at Cesar Vallejo training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Pedro Requena 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.
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Johan Madrid trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Words at Cesar Vallejo training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Pedro Requena 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.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Cesar Vallejo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The medical room confirms 73 days on the sidelines for Juan Morales, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Pedro Requena 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.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Cesar Vallejo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Italo Regalado 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Pedro Requena 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.
Words at Cesar Vallejo training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Pedro Requena 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.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Cesar Vallejo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Pedro Requena 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.
Carlos Beltrán 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.
Italo Regalado 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Pedro Requena 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.
Ayacucho go through and Cesar Vallejo go home, 1‑2 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
1 for Brian Arias, marked 7.08, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Cesar Vallejo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Cesar Vallejo training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Pedro Requena 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 easiest signature of my career.” Osnar Noronha and Cesar Vallejo agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Italo Regalado 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.
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Pedro Requena 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.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Cesar Vallejo has been clear about where Jeferson Nolasco stands, which is more than many ever get.
Still no offer on the table, and Italo Regalado’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.