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The Cerro Post

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout

Bruno Morales says Cerro went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Diego Capdevila asks to leave Cerro

“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.

Squad

Alejo Macelli 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 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Emiliano Sosa wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Cerro hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Squad

A row about effort at Cerro

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nahuel Arena was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets

Universitario tell Cerro: Sékou Gassama is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad

Too much change too quickly at Cerro

5 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

The dugout

No hiding place for Facundo Butti

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Facundo Butti, and the manager let it.

The dugout

Luis Pereira knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Cerro, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

Back issues
23 Edition

The Cerro Post

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

It is over: Cerro are relegated

The arithmetic ran out, and everybody could see it coming from a distance. The hard summer starts now, and next season's fixtures will be full of unfamiliar names.

Market

Claudio Innella asks to leave Cerro

“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.

Market

Carlos da Rosa has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Cerro they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market

Alejo Macelli wants more than Cerro are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Transfer targets

No thanks: Wallace Yan rejects the move

Cerro had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Cruzeiro, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Squad

Words exchanged at Cerro

Nahuel Arena 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.

Squad

Emiliano Sosa pulls a muscle — 15 days out

The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 15 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.

Transfer targets

River Plate tell Cerro: Gerónimo Blanco is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad

Luis Pereira signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Luis Pereira and Cerro agree another 4 years.

In brief

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The Cerro Post

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Agustín Miranda asks to leave Cerro

“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.

Squad

Tempers go at Cerro

Nahuel Arena 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.

Transfer targets

Melgar tell Cerro: Mohamed Konaté is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad

A row about effort at Cerro

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Emiliano Sosa was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets

Cerro try to borrow Wallace Yan

Cruzeiro have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

Transfer targets

Cerro ask about Agustín Mangiaut

A loan enquiry to Argentinos Juniors: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

In brief

21 Edition

The Cerro Post

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Carlos da Rosa has said yes to Albion

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Cerro have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Squad

Tempers go at Cerro

Nicolás Guirin 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.

Squad

Alejo Macelli 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.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Diego González

Cerro asked and San Luis said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

Guillermo Niski is a square peg at Cerro

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

The dugout

Leonardo Pais knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Leonardo Pais trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market

Talks stall between Cerro and Marcelo Tinari

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

The dugout

The manager makes Facundo Butti a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Cerro. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

Market

The shop window has Agustín Miranda in it

Cerro have let the market know Agustín Miranda can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

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The Cerro Post

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Transfer targets

Cerro agree $380.0K for Owen Falconis

The clubs have shaken hands with Cerrito; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.

Squad

A falling-out at Cerro

Nahuel Arena and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market

Carlos da Rosa attracts admirers

The name of Carlos da Rosa has come up in conversations Cerro were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Market

Felipe Rivera steps up from the Cerro academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Felipe Rivera 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.

Market

Cerro promote Jorge Viera from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jorge Viera has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Squad

Guillermo Niski stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Guillermo Niski and Cerro agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

A row about effort at Cerro

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nicolás Fuica was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets

A loan move for Miguel Terceros is in the works

Cerro have made the call to Santos. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

The dugout

Nahuel Sena gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

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The Cerro Post

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Transfer targets

$370.0K settles it between the clubs for Santiago Ramírez

Deportivo Maldonado have accepted the money. What Cerro do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.

Transfer targets

Cerro make their move for Owen Falconis

$350.0K on the table at Cerrito. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Squad

Tempers go at Cerro

Alejo Macelli 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.

Market

Santiago Ruiz is a Cerro player

The fee is $40.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Cerrito drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Squad

Words at Cerro training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nahuel Arena 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.

Squad

Manuel Bouvet signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Manuel Bouvet and Cerro agree another 1 years.

The dugout

Santiago Fernández gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

The formation has left Manuel Bouvet behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Cerro will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

Market

Agustín Miranda told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Agustín Miranda has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Cerro.

In brief

  • Market Cerro bring in an old head
  • Boardroom Open for business: Cerro enter the window
  • The dugout Nahuel Sena knocks on the manager’s door
18 Edition

The Cerro Post

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Cerro

Nahuel Arena 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.

Squad

A row about effort at Cerro

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Leonardo Pais was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Market

The Cristian Barros talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Cerro know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

17 Edition

The Cerro Post

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Nahuel Arena 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 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Santiago Fernández pulls a muscle — 17 days out

The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 17 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.

Squad

Words at Cerro training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Carlos da Rosa 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.

In brief

16 Edition

The Cerro Post

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Alejo Macelli 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 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Cerro training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nahuel Arena 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 dugout

A door opens for Santiago Fernández

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

In brief

15 Edition

The Cerro Post

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Words exchanged at Cerro

Nahuel Arena 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.

Market

Jose Rodriguez steps up from the Cerro academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jose Rodriguez 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.

Squad

A row about effort at Cerro

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Leonardo Pais was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief

14 Edition

The Cerro Post

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Nicolás Guirin 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 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Leonardo Pais

“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.

Squad

Carlos da Rosa 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.

Market

The Cristian Barros talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Cerro know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The dugout

The manager makes Santiago Fernández a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Cerro. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

Squad

Alejandro Severo finally belongs at Cerro

The language has come, the shrug has gone, and he argues in training like a man who expects to be here next year. None of it shows up on a fee and all of it shows up on the pitch.

In brief

13 Edition

The Cerro Post

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout

Leonardo Pais: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Cerro have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Tempers go at Cerro

Nicolás Guirin 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.

Squad

A row about effort at Cerro

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nahuel Arena was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

Cerro lose Facundo Butti

17 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

The dugout

Jairo Amaro knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Cerro, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Nahuel Sena linked with a move away

The name of Nahuel Sena keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Cerro say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

12 Edition

The Cerro Post

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout

Nahuel Arena keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Cerro may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

A falling-out at Cerro

Nahuel Arena and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Leonardo Pais 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.

In brief

11 Edition

The Cerro Post

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout

Diego Capdevila says Cerro went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Words exchanged at Cerro

Nahuel Arena 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.

Market

Cerro promote Federico Hernandez from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Federico Hernandez has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Squad

A row about effort at Cerro

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Carlos da Rosa was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

Santiago Fernández has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Santiago Fernández has written the date down.

The dugout

Facundo Butti asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

10 Edition

The Cerro Post

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Words exchanged at Cerro

Alejo Macelli 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.

Squad

Words at Cerro training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nahuel Arena 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.

Squad

15 new faces, and Cerro are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

Market

The Cristian Barros talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Cerro know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The dugout

Santiago Fernández has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Santiago Fernández has written the date down.

Market

Adrián Argachá placed on the list

Cerro have made Adrián Argachá available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

9 Edition

The Cerro Post

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Nahuel Arena 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 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Leonardo Pais 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.

The dugout

The manager makes Santiago Fernández a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Cerro. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

Market

Nahuel Sena linked with a move away

The name of Nahuel Sena keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Cerro say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

The shop window has Martín Farías in it

Cerro have let the market know Martín Farías can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

Squad

The penny has dropped for Nicolás Guirin

He looks like a man who lives here now rather than one who is working here. It took most of a season, and at Cerro the difference is visible from the back of the stand.

In brief

8 Edition

The Cerro Post

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A falling-out at Cerro

Nahuel Arena and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Words at Cerro training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Carlos da Rosa 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 dugout

The manager makes Bruno Morales a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Cerro. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

In brief

7 Edition

The Cerro Post

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A falling-out at Cerro

Nicolás Guirin and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market

One of our own: Emiliano Da Silva joins the Cerro first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Emiliano Da Silva is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Squad

Words at Cerro training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Leonardo Pais 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 dugout

Santiago Fernández gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

The shop window has Diego Capdevila in it

Cerro have let the market know Diego Capdevila can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

Squad

Alejandro Severo has settled at Cerro

The shrug has gone, the language is coming, and he now argues in training like somebody who expects to be here next year. Half a signing's value is this and none of it appears on a fee.

In brief

6 Edition

The Cerro Post

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

7 matches without a win for Cerro

The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Cerro are no longer polite ones.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Cristian Barros

Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Nicolás Guirin 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 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

A bad afternoon for Cerro against Danubio

0‑1 to Danubio, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

A row about effort at Cerro

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Leonardo Pais was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

No hiding place for Leonardo Pais

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Leonardo Pais, and the manager let it.

Squad

15 new faces, and Cerro are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Emiliano Valverde left the room before anybody could ask which.

Squad

Bruno Morales slips down the pecking order

The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Bruno Morales is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.

In brief

5 Edition

The Cerro Post

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Cristian Barros scores twice — 8.55

Two goals and a mark of 8.55 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Match

The wait goes on for Cerro

6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad

Nahuel Arena 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 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout

No hiding place for Nicolás Guirin

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nicolás Guirin, and the manager let it.

Match

Cerro share the spoils with Defensor Sporting

A 2‑2 draw with Defensor Sporting leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad

Words at Cerro training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Juan Cruz Guasone 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 dugout

Emiliano Valverde on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Emiliano Valverde after the 2‑2 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

The dugout

Adrián Argachá 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.

Squad

Cristian Barros is off the mark for Cerro

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

In brief

4 Edition

The Cerro Post

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

A brace, and Pablo Nongoy takes the afternoon — 8.94

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Pablo Nongoy provided it, and the 8.94 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Nicolás Guirin

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Alejandro Severo at 21 — 8.50

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Alejandro Severo did not need any: 8.50, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Match

No end in sight to Cerro's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Cerro has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

A falling-out at Cerro

Nahuel Arena and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match

Liverpool Montevideo take the points off Cerro

Beaten 3‑4, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Match

Nobody could stop scoring

7 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Cerro and Liverpool Montevideo in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

Squad

A row about effort at Cerro

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alejo Macelli was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Pablo Nongoy

At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

In brief

  • Player ratings Cristian Barros beats them one at a time
  • The dugout The manager makes an example of Damián Suárez
  • The dugout The view from the dugout
3 Edition

The Cerro Post

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Mariano Nichele

Successful dribbles: 37. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

The small margins put Cerro out

Out, 0‑1 to Cerrito, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Match

4 matches without a win for Cerro

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Cerro are no longer polite ones.

Match

4 matches without a goal for Cerro

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Squad

Tempers go at Cerro

Alejo Macelli 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.

Squad

Nahuel Arena 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Cerro against Nacional

0‑1 to Nacional, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Boardroom

Nobody left the Cerro dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑1 defeat, delivered by Emiliano Valverde to a room that had heard them before.

In brief

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The Cerro Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Nahuel Arena 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 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Appearance number 500 for Damián Suárez

500 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.

Squad

Adrián Argachá stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Adrián Argachá and Cerro agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

One of our own: Eduardo Sanchez joins the Cerro first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Eduardo Sanchez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Diego Pellistri steps up from the Cerro academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Diego Pellistri 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.

Market

Cerro promote Ignacio Lopez from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ignacio Lopez has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

One of our own: Sergio Viera joins the Cerro first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sergio Viera is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Match

A bad afternoon for Cerro against Penarol

0‑1 to Penarol, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

15 new faces, and Cerro are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

In brief

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The Cerro Post

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Cerro taken apart

0‑3 to Progreso, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

Squad

A move Nicolás Guirin would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Nicolás Guirin is living that version at Cerro, and it tends to show in the first month.

Squad

6 saves: Diego Capdevila was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Squad

Alejo Macelli signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Alejo Macelli and Cerro agree another 4 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Cerro

Nahuel Arena 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 dugout

Diego Capdevila gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings

Nahuel Sena ran the middle of the pitch — 6.58

He won it back and then made something of it, which is two jobs and the reason the scoreline looks the way it does. 9 combined actions and a mark of 6.58, and not one of them will make a highlights package.

Boardroom

Nobody left the Cerro dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

Market

49 months and counting on Alejo Macelli

Still no offer on the table, and Alejo Macelli’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

In brief