Jonathan Roa

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The 12 de Octubre Herald

31 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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

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20 Edition

The 12 de Octubre Herald

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad14 Dec 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Alexis Estupiñán

116 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. 12 de Octubre lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad14 Dec 2026

60 days out for Carlos Fernandez after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. 12 de Octubre will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market14 Dec 2026

Lucas Acosta asks to leave 12 de Octubre

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Transfer targets14 Dec 2026

Tobías Gamarra due for a 12 de Octubre medical

Everything agreed with Guarani, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Transfer targets14 Dec 2026

Too dear: 12 de Octubre walk away from Jesús Alvarenga

$73.0K was the most the club would pay and Guarani were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.

Squad14 Dec 2026

Jonathan Roa stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Jonathan Roa and 12 de Octubre agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Boardroom14 Dec 2026

Derlis Cabañas will join 12 de Octubre for nothing

The paperwork is done long before the player is. Derlis Cabañas has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means 12 de Octubre have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.

Squad14 Dec 2026

Words exchanged at 12 de Octubre

Aldo Torres 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.

Market14 Dec 2026

Juan Balbuena steps up from the 12 de Octubre academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Juan Balbuena 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.

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