From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad15 Nov 2027
Jairo Amaro : 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.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Tiago Rijo 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.
Squad15 Nov 2027
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Rodrigo Mederos plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Jairo Amaro Jairo Amaro: that is not what I was promised
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Steady
Squad8 Nov 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Diego Capdevila and Cerro agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Loan watch8 Nov 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Cerro , and 4 appearances in 16 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad8 Nov 2027
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match1 Nov 2027
Cerro up to position 344 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Diego Capdevila : 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.
Squad1 Nov 2027
“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.
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Steady
Squad25 Oct 2027
“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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
“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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Mateo Vista 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.
Pablo Nongoy Pablo Nongoy says Cerro went back on their word
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Steady
Squad18 Oct 2027
Emiliano Sosa : 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.
Squad18 Oct 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jairo Amaro commits to Cerro for another 3 years.
Squad18 Oct 2027
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad11 Oct 2027
“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.
Squad11 Oct 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Nahuel Sena and Cerro agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad11 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Nahuel Sena
“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.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match29 Sep 2027
Cup progress for Cerro
A 3-1 win over Fenix , a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Squad4 Oct 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match4 Oct 2027
Cerro up to position 344 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Match29 Sep 2027
8 unbeaten for Cerro
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Cerro did not have in the autumn.
Squad4 Oct 2027
16 goals and a season average of 7.33. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Brahian Alemán and Cerro agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad27 Sep 2027
“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.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Jairo Amaro 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.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Tiago Rijo 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.
Yhojan Díaz Yhojan Díaz says Cerro went back on their word
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad20 Sep 2027
Emanuel Carlos : 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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
“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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad13 Sep 2027
Isaac Méndez 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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Emanuel Carlos 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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
A rating of 6.99 was enough for the selectors, and nobody who watched the match is going to argue with them.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match4 Sep 2027
3-0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Match6 Sep 2027
Cerro up to position 344 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad6 Sep 2027
16 goals and a season average of 7.33. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Match4 Sep 2027
7 unbeaten for Cerro
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Cerro did not have in the autumn.
Market6 Sep 2027
Maccabi Netanya are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Cerro will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Geovani 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.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Cerro ’s own kid cannot get a gameAt 26, Fabrizio Correa has come through every age group this club has, and now watches a borrowed player of much the same level start every week. An academy notices these things, and so do the parents in the stand.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Nahuel Sena left out for the big oneA player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Nahuel Sena will call it something else in private.
The terraces6 Sep 2027
The press cannot get enough of Tiago Caballero
Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.
In brief
Boardroom
The Cerro board put their names to it
The terraces
The stand has a song for Cristian Barros
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match28 Aug 2027
6 unbeaten for Cerro
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Cerro did not have in the autumn.
Market30 Aug 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Cerro have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad30 Aug 2027
6 goals and a season average of 7.37. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad23 Aug 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market23 Aug 2027
Santiago Paiva has left for Sochaux in a $1.3M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Match21 Aug 2027
A 1-0 win over Liverpool Montevideo , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad23 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Jairo Amaro
“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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Cerro will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Nahuel Soria 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match14 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Cerro 's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Cerro has to find a result from somewhere.
Market16 Aug 2027
Boavista come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Cerro did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad16 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad16 Aug 2027
A season average of 7.34 with 15 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad16 Aug 2027
A season average of 7.09 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Cerro know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Squad16 Aug 2027
“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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad9 Aug 2027
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.
Match7 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Cerro 's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Cerro has to find a result from somewhere.
Market9 Aug 2027
Bunyodkor come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Cerro did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad9 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Pablo Nongoy
“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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
5 goals and a season average of 7.33. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Martín Farías commits to Cerro for another 4 years.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad2 Aug 2027
3 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.
Match28 Jul 2027
Cerro march on in the cupDanubio are out and Cerro go through, 1-1 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Agustín Miranda : 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.
Match31 Jul 2027
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.
Squad2 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Fabrizio Correa
“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.
Squad2 Aug 2027
A season average of 7.27 with 8 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match24 Jul 2027
A bad afternoon for Cerro against Wanderers
0-2 to Wanderers , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad26 Jul 2027
“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.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Emanuel Carlos 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad19 Jul 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad19 Jul 2027
15 goals and a season average of 7.37. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A season average of 7.07 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Cerro know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Squad19 Jul 2027
“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.
Match17 Jul 2027
A 1-1 draw with Juventud leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
The terraces19 Jul 2027
Everybody has an opinion about Fabrizio Correa
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad12 Jul 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nahuel Sena commits to Cerro for another 4 years.
Squad12 Jul 2027
7 goals and a season average of 7.24. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad12 Jul 2027
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match3 Jul 2027
Fenix made Cerro work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“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.
Squad5 Jul 2027
The award goes to Tiago Caballero , and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.
Squad5 Jul 2027
4 goals and a season average of 7.27. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Market5 Jul 2027
Cerrito are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Cerro will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad5 Jul 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad28 Jun 2027
Augusto Cambón : 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.
Squad28 Jun 2027
A season average of 7.28 with 14 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad28 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Emiliano Sosa
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad21 Jun 2027
Iván Valenzuela : 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.
Market21 Jun 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad21 Jun 2027
A season average of 7.05 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Cerro know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Squad21 Jun 2027
13 goals and a season average of 7.25. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Market21 Jun 2027
Defensor Sporting pay $22.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Match19 Jun 2027
Plaza Colonia left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match12 Jun 2027
No mercy from Cerro
Cerrito will want this one forgotten quickly: 3-0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Cerro were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Market14 Jun 2027
The fee is $260.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Atenas drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad14 Jun 2027
12 goals and a season average of 7.21. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Market14 Jun 2027
Oriental are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Cerro will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad14 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Ariel Lima
“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.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad7 Jun 2027
“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.
Market7 Jun 2027
The fee is $140.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Central Espanol drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Match5 Jun 2027
Cerro Largo made Cerro work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Market7 Jun 2027
He is 18, and nobody at Cerro signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Nahuel Soria 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.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Franco González 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad31 May 2027
“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.
Squad31 May 2027
4 goals and a season average of 7.26. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Match29 May 2027
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match19 May 2027
Cup progress for Cerro
A 1-0 win over Plaza Colonia , a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Squad24 May 2027
At 21, Alejandro Severo is already the best thing here
An average of 7.00 in a first team he is several years too young for. Cerro have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad24 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Santiago Paiva
“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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match15 May 2027
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.
Squad17 May 2027
A season average of 7.02 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Cerro know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Match15 May 2027
Beaten 2-3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match8 May 2027
6 matches without a win for Cerro
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Cerro are no longer polite ones.
Squad10 May 2027
Axel Méndez 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.
Squad10 May 2027
Damián Suárez 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad3 May 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match1 May 2027
5 matches without a win for Cerro
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Cerro are no longer polite ones.
Squad3 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Pablo Nongoy
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad26 Apr 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 11 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match24 Apr 2027
No end in sight to Cerro 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Cerro has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad26 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Santiago Paiva
“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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad19 Apr 2027
A season average of 7.01 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Cerro know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Match17 Apr 2027
Progreso left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad19 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Fabrizio Correa
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match10 Apr 2027
27 unbeaten for Cerro
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 27 matches without defeat is a foundation Cerro did not have in the autumn.
Match12 Apr 2027
Cerro up to position 217 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad12 Apr 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Yhojan Díaz and Cerro agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match3 Apr 2027
26 unbeaten for Cerro
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 26 matches without defeat is a foundation Cerro did not have in the autumn.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Iván Valenzuela : 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.
Squad5 Apr 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Yhojan Díaz commits to Cerro for another 4 years.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match27 Mar 2027
25 unbeaten for Cerro
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 25 matches without defeat is a foundation Cerro did not have in the autumn.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Diego Capdevila : 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.
Squad29 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Damián Suárez
“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.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match20 Mar 2027
24 unbeaten for Cerro
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 24 matches without defeat is a foundation Cerro did not have in the autumn.
Squad22 Mar 2027
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Fabrizio Correa : 2 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Match17 Mar 2027
Cup progress for Cerro
A 0-0 win over Albion , a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Match20 Mar 2027
3-0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Squad22 Mar 2027
A season average of 7.05 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Cerro know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Squad22 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Santiago Paiva
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match13 Mar 2027
Still nobody has beaten Cerro
The unbeaten run reaches 22. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad15 Mar 2027
The medical room confirms 43 days on the sidelines for Nahuel Soria , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad15 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Emiliano Sosa
“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.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match6 Mar 2027
Still nobody has beaten Cerro
The unbeaten run reaches 21. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Damián Suárez commits to Cerro for another 2 years.
Match6 Mar 2027
A 2-1 win over Plaza Colonia , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match27 Feb 2027
Still nobody has beaten Cerro
The unbeaten run reaches 20. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Franco González : 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.
Match27 Feb 2027
Three points for Cerro , 2-0 the final word against Cerrito in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad1 Mar 2027
“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.
Squad1 Mar 2027
The captaincy has been taken off Santiago Paiva . Cerro will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Santiago Paiva 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match20 Feb 2027
Still nobody has beaten Cerro
The unbeaten run reaches 19. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad22 Feb 2027
“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.
Squad22 Feb 2027
62 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad22 Feb 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Fabrizio Correa knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Match20 Feb 2027
2-2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad22 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Tiago Rijo
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match13 Feb 2027
Still nobody has beaten Cerro
The unbeaten run reaches 18. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Market15 Feb 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market15 Feb 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market15 Feb 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market15 Feb 2027
The shirt still fits. Maximiliano Acosta is back at Cerro , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad15 Feb 2027
The medical room confirms 75 days on the sidelines for Nahuel Soria , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad15 Feb 2027
36 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad15 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Mateo Argüello
“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.
Match13 Feb 2027
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Montevideo City Torque will be the happier side with the point.
In brief
Squad
Nahuel Soria knocks on the manager's door
Boardroom
Cerro spend it where nobody looks
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Steady
Squad8 Feb 2027
“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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
“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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Nahuel Soria 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.
Ariel Lima Ariel Lima says Cerro went back on their word
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Steady
Squad1 Feb 2027
“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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
“I will know when it is time. I am not there yet.” Yonatan Irrazábal is 38, with 6 appearances behind him, and Cerro will have to plan for whichever answer comes.
Market1 Feb 2027
The name of Yonatan Irrazábal keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Cerro say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad25 Jan 2027
90 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Jairo Amaro 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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad18 Jan 2027
“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.
Market18 Jan 2027
“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.
Squad18 Jan 2027
The medical room confirms 103 days on the sidelines for Nahuel Soria , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Tiago Rijo Tiago Rijo says Cerro went back on their word
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Steady
Market11 Jan 2027
“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.
Market11 Jan 2027
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Yonatan Irrazábal reports back to Cerro with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market4 Jan 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Cerro can pretend not to have heard.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Emanuel Carlos : 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.
Market4 Jan 2027
River Plate come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Cerro did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market4 Jan 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Cerro will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Fabrizio Correa 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market28 Dec 2026
“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.
Squad28 Dec 2026
The medical room confirms 119 days on the sidelines for Yonatan Irrazábal , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Nahuel Soria 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market21 Dec 2026
Alejo Macelli has one foot out of the doorTerms 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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Emiliano Sosa : 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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
94 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“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.
Market21 Dec 2026
Cerrito are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Cerro will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
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Steady
Boardroom14 Dec 2026
Silverware for Cerro
They will talk about this season in this town for a long time. The trophy comes home with the squad, and the route is already agreed.
Match11 Dec 2026
17 unbeaten for Cerro
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 17 matches without defeat is a foundation Cerro did not have in the autumn.
Boardroom14 Dec 2026
Continental nights are coming to Cerro
Qualification is secured, and next season the big floodlit nights are continental ones. For the players it is a stage; for the accounts it is a lifeline; for the supporters it is passports.
Match9 Dec 2026
Cerro through in the cupA 2-1 win over Juventud , and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Squad14 Dec 2026
“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.
Market14 Dec 2026
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Cerro have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market14 Dec 2026
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Mateo Argüello has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Cerro .
Match11 Dec 2026
A 1-1 draw with Deportivo Tachira leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Alejo Macelli 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market7 Dec 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market7 Dec 2026
Facundo Butti hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Cerro can pretend not to have heard.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Axel Méndez : 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.
Market7 Dec 2026
Facundo Butti has one foot out of the doorTerms 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.
Market7 Dec 2026
Emanuel Carlos is free to find somewhere else“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Cerro has been clear about where Emanuel Carlos stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad7 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Augusto Cambón
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match27 Nov 2026
15 unbeaten for Cerro
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 15 matches without defeat is a foundation Cerro did not have in the autumn.
Market30 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
150 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad30 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Santiago Paiva
“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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
No place for Nahuel Sena 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 Cerro pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad23 Nov 2026
Facundo Butti : 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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
The medical room confirms 123 days on the sidelines for Emiliano Sosa , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad16 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Nahuel Sena
“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.
Market16 Nov 2026
Cerro have made Alejo Macelli available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Squad16 Nov 2026
“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.
Nahuel Sena The manager makes an example of Nahuel Sena
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Steady
Match6 Nov 2026
14 unbeaten for Cerro
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 14 matches without defeat is a foundation Cerro did not have in the autumn.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Augusto Cambón : 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.
Market9 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Alejo Macelli
“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.
Match6 Nov 2026
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Pablo Nongoy finally opens his accountHe wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Cerro have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Steady
Squad2 Nov 2026
Nahuel Sena : 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.
Market2 Nov 2026
“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.
Market2 Nov 2026
2 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Cerro money.
Nahuel Sena Nahuel Sena: that is not what I was promised
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Steady
Match23 Oct 2026
Still nobody has beaten Cerro
The unbeaten run reaches 13. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Market26 Oct 2026
Alejo Macelli hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Cerro can pretend not to have heard.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Jairo Amaro : 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Damián Suárez
“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.
Match23 Oct 2026
Santa Fe made Cerro work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Nahuel Sena left out for the big oneA player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Nahuel Sena will call it something else in private.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Alejo Macelli 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.
The terraces26 Oct 2026
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
Boardroom26 Oct 2026
Cerro were not finished after allWritten off a fortnight ago, the squad has closed ranks and answered on the pitch. Something was said behind that door, and so far it is holding.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad19 Oct 2026
“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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Alejo Macelli 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market12 Oct 2026
“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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jairo Amaro and Cerro agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match30 Sep 2026
Cerro through in the cupA 1-0 win over Cerro Largo , and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Match2 Oct 2026
Still nobody has beaten Cerro
The unbeaten run reaches 12. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Market5 Oct 2026
“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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“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.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Wages eat 124% of everything Cerro earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Match2 Oct 2026
A 1-1 draw with Deportivo Tachira leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“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.
Market5 Oct 2026
3 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Cerro could get for him.
Market5 Oct 2026
“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.
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Steady
Market28 Sep 2026
Alejo Macelli hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Cerro can pretend not to have heard.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Facundo Butti 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.
Market28 Sep 2026
Cerro have made Yonatan Irrazábal available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match18 Sep 2026
Still nobody has beaten Cerro
The unbeaten run reaches 10. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Emiliano Sosa will call it something else in private.
Squad21 Sep 2026
“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.
Match18 Sep 2026
Cerro and Vitória take a point apieceIt finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
The terraces21 Sep 2026
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
Squad21 Sep 2026
At 36 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Cerro are won quietly and lost loudly.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Emiliano Sosa
“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.
Market14 Sep 2026
4 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Cerro could get for him.
Squad14 Sep 2026
7.12 across ninety minutes and a place in the division's team of the week. He was the best player on that pitch and everybody there knew it.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market7 Sep 2026
“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.
Match5 Sep 2026
Still nobody has beaten Cerro
The unbeaten run reaches 9. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“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.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 122% of everything Cerro earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The award goes to Juan Cruz Guasone , and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.
Match5 Sep 2026
Cerro and Danubio take a point apieceIt finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match26 Aug 2026
Cup progress for Cerro
A 1-0 win over Wanderers , a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Market31 Aug 2026
Alejo Macelli hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Cerro can pretend not to have heard.
Market31 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Match29 Aug 2026
Still nobody has beaten Cerro
The unbeaten run reaches 8. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad31 Aug 2026
“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.
Match29 Aug 2026
2-2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad31 Aug 2026
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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Cerro have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad31 Aug 2026
At 27 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. Cerro have a decision that made itself.
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Triumph
Match19 Aug 2026
Cerro through in the cupA 1-0 win over Boston River , and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Match22 Aug 2026
Cerro make it 4 in a rowMomentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Cerro have 4 straight wins of it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match22 Aug 2026
Liverpool Montevideo made Cerro work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Damián Suárez 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.
From our football correspondent
Triumph
Match12 Aug 2026
Cerro march on in the cupCerrito are out and Cerro go through, 1-0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Match15 Aug 2026
No mercy from Cerro
Nacional will want this one forgotten quickly: 4-1, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Cerro were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Market17 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Emanuel Carlos
“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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad17 Aug 2026
At 20 years old, Jeison Cubas became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market17 Aug 2026
5 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Cerro money.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Cerro were not finished after allWritten off a fortnight ago, the squad has closed ranks and answered on the pitch. Something was said behind that door, and so far it is holding.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
Facundo Butti hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Cerro can pretend not to have heard.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Alejo Macelli
“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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Honours even between Cerro and Penarol
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Market10 Aug 2026
“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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nobody at Cerro has picked up the phone to Jairo Amaro
48 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Squad10 Aug 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Cerro have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
From our football correspondent
Triumph
Market3 Aug 2026
“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.
Market3 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Santiago Paiva commits to Cerro for another 3 years.
Match1 Aug 2026
Three points for Cerro , 2-1 the final word against Progreso in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad3 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Fabrizio Correa
“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.
Market3 Aug 2026
“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.