The Cerro Porteno Courier
Player ratings28 Jun 2027
Alan Morinigo beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 40. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market28 Jun 2027
Freddy Noguera agrees terms with Cobresal
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Cerro Porteno people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market28 Jun 2027
Iván Ramírez 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 The request is on a desk at Cerro Porteno, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market28 Jun 2027
Manuel Roffo wants European nights
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.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Sergio Barreto 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 Cerro Porteno this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Words at Cerro Porteno training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gustavo Velázquez 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 targets28 Jun 2027
Door shut on Nicolás Freire
Cerro Porteno asked and Libertad said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match26 Jun 2027
Luis Amarilla the difference as Cerro Porteno beat Guarani
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Luis Amarilla. 2‑1 against Guarani, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Looking ahead28 Jun 2027
Cerro Porteno and Olimpia meet at the summit
The fixture the rest of the division is looking forward to more than either of the sides in it. Both know a win changes the season and a defeat does not end it, which is what makes it hard to play.
In brief
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Luis Amarilla at his very best
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Gastón Giménez
- Loan watch Tobías Portillo counts the days