The 12 de Octubre Herald
Player ratings31 May 2027
Nobody could get near Derlis Martínez
Successful dribbles: 32. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match29 May 2027
12 de Octubre strike at the death to beat General Caballero
There were 89 minutes on the clock and General Caballero had all but banked the point. Football rarely reads the room, and 12 de Octubre did not stop to explain themselves.
Player ratings31 May 2027
Vintage Luis Fernández — 7.90
At 38 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 7.90, and nobody on the pitch better.
Squad31 May 2027
Nery Bareiro 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 12 de Octubre this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout31 May 2027
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The dugout31 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Nery Bareiro
“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.
Match29 May 2027
Luis Fernández the difference as 12 de Octubre beat General Caballero
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Luis Fernández. 1‑0 against General Caballero, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The dugout31 May 2027
No place for Jonathan Roa on the big day
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at 12 de Octubre pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
The dugout31 May 2027
Jonathan Roa dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at 12 de Octubre
- Looking ahead A reunion for José Miers
- Squad The room hears from Matías Bergara