The Sporting Cristal Herald
Match19 Aug 2026
Sporting Cristal out of the cup
Deportivo Municipal ended it 1‑2. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Leandro Sosa
Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market24 Aug 2026
The Shonan Bellmare deal is off
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Renato Solís reports back to Sporting Cristal with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Luis Abram 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 Sporting Cristal this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Gabriel
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gabriel, and the manager let it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Catriel Cabellos signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Catriel Cabellos commits to Sporting Cristal for another 4 years.
In brief
- Player ratings A masterclass from Felipe Vizeu
- Squad Felipe Vizeu finally opens his account
- Player ratings A day to forget for Luis Iberico